1850 3Kr + 6Kr tied GDOW 12 MAR. 2-line cancel on registered folded cover to Wieliczka, very fine (Image)

1866-69 four covers including two single weight combination frankings with Greece on mail from Mitilene and Prevesa (the latter with cert. Puschmann), the other two bearing single D.D.S.G. 17kr used at Calafat and Nukonorz . (Image)

CRETE: 1868 (Dec 21) Lettersheet from the Austrian office in Candia to Syros with 1867 10s tied by Candia cds with "PP" hs adjacent, ms "20" and Greece Large Hermes Head applied for postage due tied by Syros cds, with further strike on reverse, cover slightly soiled and slightly fragile, fine appearance (Image)

1873 Folded cover from Schio franked by 1867 10s blue and addressed to Athens, Greece Large Hermes Heads 20L Blue applied on arrival, fine (Image)

1900 Parcel card to Vienna franked by 1900 10pa on 2Kr cancelled by CONSTANTINOPEL 16.5.00 cds, fine (Image)

LETTER FROM ARCHDUKE MAXIMILIAN TO THE FUTURE H.R.E. FERDINAND II Uskok War or War of Gradisca. 1616 (Sept 22) Letter signed by Archduke Maximilian sent to Archduke Ferdinand (Emperor Ferdinand II), showing red wax seal on reverse, with interesting contents including: "the good name of His Imperial Majesty and of our whole house has to be restored, the insolence of the Venetian Lords must be tempered and other highly dangerous complications prevented. (...) the fierce outbreak of force by the enemy hardly can be met by other means than through combined action of all our house. This has to be enacted first of all by His Imperial Majesty and Dilection of Spain and also those ordered by the Holy Empire". Archduke Maximilian also suggests two points of negotiation with Spain and to dispatch special persons to meet the Spanish Ambassador in Prague and the Governor of Milan (then in Spanish hands). A fascinating letter, including an English translation Note: The Uksok War confronted the Austrians and Spanish with the Venetians, Dutch and English. The Uskoks, Croatian soldiers who became pirates, were vassals of Archduke Ferdinand. The attacks by the Uskoks on Venetian merchantmen provoked the siege by Venice of Gradisca by the Adriatic Sea and the war with Austria breaking out in 1616. As a result of a problematic situation in Germany, Ferdinando wanted to avoid a war, as Venice also did fearing of a Spanish intervention. A treaty of peace. was signed on November 6, 1616 with the mediation of Philip III of Spain, Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, Emperor Matthias the King of Bohemia and the Republic of Venice, with the consequence of Venetians returning to Austria the territories they had occupied in Istria and Friuli Provenance: Rothschild (Image)

1867 Issue. EXOTIC AND VERY RARE DESTINATION 1882 & 1883 Pair of covers with 1867 issue frankings to JAPAN; 1882 (Aug 25) envelope from Vienna with four 1867 5kr type IIb fine print, tied by dispatch cds as well as Japanese cds, reverse with Brindisi and Yokohama arrival cds; 1883 (Aug 4) envelope from Vienna with two 10kr fine print tied by dispatch cds, reverse with Brindisi, "SINGAPORE / TO HONG-KONG" and Yokohama arrival, a highly attractive pair of covers to a rare destination for this issue (Image)

Newspaper Stamps 1851. (3c) Blue, type III, horiz. strip of 3, sheet margin at left, full original gum, centre stamp shows interesting plate variety (sideways hollow "S" before "ZEITUNGS"), very fine and attractive multiple, signed A. Diena, Oliva & Colla (cert. 2000) (Sass. 3, € 7'200 as singles) (Image)

Office in China. 1910-11 Three postcards each franked with 1908 5h an tied by "MARINE DETACHEMENT/PEKING" cds, unusual and scarce
351.070.099: Austrian Levant. Offices. Miscellaneous (Image)

Offices in the Turkish Empire. LIMASSOL, CYPRUS: 1891 Bill of lading of Lloyd Austro-Ungarico for the ship "Saturno" on a voyage to Trieste, bearing exceptional oval violet AGENZIA DEL LLOYD AUSTRO-UNGARICO LIMASSOL, very fine, the only one we have ever seen, ex Del Bianco
351.070.099: Austrian Levant. Offices. Miscellaneous (Image)