Europe continued... Austrian Levant continued... Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 1777 cover Austrian Post Offices in Romania, Ibraila 1866 (April 20): Pre-paid Entire letter to Vienna, bearing Arms 5 s. rose & 15 s. brown perf. 9½, cancelled by JBRAILA cds (Tchilinghirian fig. 730) in black, WIEN arrival (April 24) backstamp. An appealing franking to pay correctly 15 soldi for the Levant plus 5 soldi for Austria in the short lived rate between January and October 1866 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Austrian Offices in Turkish Empire V21+V23] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 150.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1778 cover Austrian / Hungarian Post Offices in Romania, Ibraila 1866/69: Group four covers directed to Vienna, incl May 1866 taxed with 20 kreuzer in the short lived rate between January and October 1866, 1867 cover sent from the post office under Hungarian administration, both struck with JBRAILA cds (Tchilinghirian fig. 730) in black; also two 1869 covers showing manuscript "Braila" and given directly to the DDSG vessel after closure of the Hungarian office in March 1869, one with "PER DAMPFSCHIFF" handstamp. A most interesting group (Image 1) Currently...CHF 250.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1781 cover Austrian Post Offices in the Dobrudja, Kustendje 1864 (Aug.): Unpaid Cover from Constantinople, showing erroneous handwritten note 'Giurgevo' at top left, internal docketing gives Ruschuk as place of origin not Giurgevo on the Romanian side of the Danube, struck by RUSTCUK merchant's cachet in blue, sent down the Danube and via the Czernavoda - Kustendje railway line to the Black Sea, "LLOYD AGENZIE / KUSTENDJE 25 / 8" transit cds in black (Tchilinghirian fig 844), reverse with "LLOYD AGENTIE / CONSTANTINOPEL 26 / 8" arrival cds. An interesting journey two years prior to the inauguration of the Ruschuk - Varna railway line (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Currently...CHF 200.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1782 cover Austrian Post Offices in the Dobrudja, Tulcea 1862 (Aug 26): Stampless Ex Offo entire letter from Tulcea to the consulate in Burgas, Bulgaria, struck by fine TULTSCHA despatch cds (Tchilinghirian fig. 837) in blue, the date modified with ink from "26/9" to "26/8", internal "30/8" docketing (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Currently...CHF 200.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1784 cover Austrian Post Offices in Bulgaria, Ingoing to Vidin 1865c (Aug 31): Registered Cover from Antivari / Bar, today Montenegro to Vidin at 35 soldi rate, addressed to "Rashid Pasha, Chevalier de la Legion d"Honneur et Gouverneur General in Widin" and bearing on front Arms 1864 10 s. blue and 15 s. brown, with a further 10 s. blue on reverse all cancelled by ANTIVARI datestamps in blue (Tchilinghirian fig. 467). Straight line "RECOM:" below in same colour. Reverse with TRIEST, PESTH and "ALT-ORSOVA" transit cds's (Sept 10). Small opening faults to envelope and some staining but a rare registered cover to a most unusual destination, the item lacks an arrival datestamp as the Vidin Post Office did not open earlier than 1868. Signed Ferchenbauer Provenance: Collection Rothschild, Mercury, New York, October 1947, lot 1560; Collection Dr. Anton & Elisabeth Jerger, Corinphila sale 140 (November 2004), lot 663 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Austrian Offices in Turkish Empire V22+V23] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 300.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1785 cover Austrian Post Offices in Bulgaria, Ingoing to Vidin 1865 (Nov 7): Entire letter written in Hebrew and sent from Constantinople, bearing pair Arms 1864 10 s. blue perf. 9½, tied by clear central strike of wreathed CONSTANTINOPEL datestamp in black (Tchilinghirian fig 385). No transit or arrival datestamps, as the Vidin Post office did not open earlier than 1868, short opinion Ferchenbauer. Note: The year of despatch can be deducted from the Jewish date of 8th Cheschwan, (5)625. Provenance: Corinphila sale 242 (June 2019), lot 7438 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Austrian Offices in Turkish Empire V22] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 200.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1786 cover Austrian offices at frontier points, Baziasch 1864 (Aug): Unpaid Entire letter vom Giurgevo to Curzola, Dalmatia, handwritten note "Giurgeva" at top left, struck by "BAZIASCH 22/8" cds, reverse with TRIEST and ZARA transit as well as CURZOLA arrival (Aug 28) backstamps. Taxed at 30 kreuzer with 15 soldi for the Levant and 15 kreuzer for Austria, an unusual destination from Romania (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Currently...CHF 150.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1787 cover Austrian offices at frontier points, Baziasch 1864 (Sept): Printed matter Entire letter vom Galatz to Vienna, handwritten note "Galatz" at top right, bearing Arms 1863 2 s. yellow, two fine and fresh single examples, well embossed and in vivid colour, tied by fair "BAZIASCH 26/9" cds, reverse with WIEN arrival (Sept 27) datestamp (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Austrian Offices in Turkish Empire V14] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 300.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1788 cover Hungarian Post Offices in Romania, Galatz 1867 (June 14): Double rate Entire letter to Marseille sent unpaid, cancelled by fine strike of GALLATZ cds in black (Tchillinghirian fig. 743), STRASBOURG entry cds in red, WIEN and PARIS transit as well as MARSEILLE arrival (June 21) backstamps, charged with handstruck '20' decimes due on receipt. Late use of the Austrian datestamp prior to 1868 when Hungarian datestamps came into use (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Currently...CHF 150.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1789 cover Hungarian Post Offices in Romania, Galatz 1868 (July): Envelope to Lyon, bearing 1867 Coarse whiskers 10 s. blue (4) with manuscript "Galatz" in blue crayon on top of the adhesives, tied in transit in Vienna with three ringed numeral '1' in black. Red unframed "A. / P.D." and French STRASBOURG entry cds in blue (July 30) on front, WIEN and PARIS transit as well as indistinct LYON arrival backstamps. One adhesive glued around the cover's edge, backflap roughly opened but complete, a very rare usage, signed Lamy (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Austrian Offices in Turkish Empire 4/I] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 300.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1790 cover Hungarian Post Offices in Romania, Galatz 1868 (Aug 18): Envelope to Genova, with manuscript "Galatz 18/8" at top, bearing 1867 Coarse whiskers 10 s. blue (2) cancelled in transit in Vienna with three ringed numeral '1' in black. Red unframed "PD" on front, VERONA & "MILANO - STAZ." transit as well as GENOVA arrival (Aug 24) backstamps. Wax seal visivble on front, backflap roughly opened but complete, a very rare usage (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Currently...CHF 250.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1791 cover Hungarian Post Offices in Romania, Galatz 1868 (Sept 29): Registered entire letter to Trieste, bearing 1867 Coarse Whiskers 10 s. blue, one fine and fresh example on front, one on reverse, both tied by fine strikes of scarce Hungarian GALATZ three line year-dated cds in black (Tchillinghirian fig. 745), three-side framed "RECOM:" handstamp alongside, framed TRIEST arrival (Oct 5) backstamp. A fine registered usage, a very scarce cancellation, issued to Hungarian P.O. in 1868, withdrawn on 31 March 1869 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Austrian Offices in Turkish Empire 4/I] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 250.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1792 cover Hungarian Post Offices in Romania, Galatz 1868 (Oct 27): Entire letter to Marseille sent unpaid, cancelled by fine strike of scarce Hungarian GALATZ three line year-dated cds in black (Tchillinghirian fig. 745). STRASBOURG entry cds (Nov 2) in blue, MARSEILLE arrival (Nov 3) backstamp, and charged with handstruck '10' decimes due on receipt. A very scarce cancellation, issued to Hungarian P.O. in 1868, withdrawn on 31 March 1869 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Currently...CHF 200.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1793 cover Hungarian Post Offices in Romania, Galatz 1868/69: Group three unpaid covers given presumably directly to the postal officer on board of a DDSG vessel, all with handwritten note "Galatz", one to Livorno charged '6' decimi due, one to Marseille charged '10' décimes, and one Aug 1869 to Corfu via PESTH, handstamped "PER DAMPFSCHIFF", taxed '10' kreuzer and charged upon arrival with '90' lepta bearing Greece 10 l. orange & 80 l. rose, tied by KERKYRA arrival cds., signed Holcombe. Note: The 1869 cover to Corfu was given to the vessel, as there was no active Hungarian office in the Danubian Principalities after March 1869 (Image 1) Currently...CHF 400.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1794 cover 1816/85: Lot seven Postal and Shipmail / Waybill Documents, incl. three Receipts / Rezepissen given by the DDSG Agencies Galatz in 1855 and two in Ibraila in 1866/67, an 1885 receipt given by the Belgrad DDSG Agency, a 1816 handwritten Waybill given 1816 in Kubin nearby Bazias, today Kovin in Serbia, a Waybill given by the Imperial Heavy Post of Giurgevo in 1865, and an 1889 receipt of the Bulgarian Post in Orkhovo. The lot includes also an 1840 entire letter from Selemija / Salamiyah in Syria to Venezia closed after fumigation with wax seals of the Quarantine office in Semlin. An interesting assembly (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Austrian Offices in Turkish Empire Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 300.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1795 cover Early Private Shipmail from Romanian Harbours to the West, 1839/40: Two entire letters from Galatz to Trieste, both with manuscript 'Galatz' origin notes on top, both with "Leta arrta per mare." handstamp (Tchilinghirian fig 28) used in Trieste on incoming, uncancelled adriatic Shipmail, reverse with wreathed "Triest" arrival datestamps in red. The 1839 cover fumigated with wax seal of the Triest Lazzaretto (Meyer type V, subtype L, page 105), the 1840 cover sent with "Col Capno Giovanni in Trieste", slitted in a pattern shown for the post-1840 fumigation in Trieste by Meyer on page 107. Two entires which made their way via the Black Sea and the Aegean on private vessels and were given to the Quarantine and Postal services on reaching Trieste (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Currently...CHF 300.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1796 cover Austrian Post Offices in Romania, Ingoing to Galatz, Ibraila, and Bucharest 1843/80: Lot seven covers; incl. five covers to Galatz, 1843 from Constantinople with "AGENZIA DEL LLOYD AUSTRIACO / Constantinopoli" in the usual fair condition, 1866 registered cover from Vienna with Arms franking 10 s. on front and 5 s. rose (2) on reverse, 1866 entire from Meteline with Arms 1864 15 s. brown, 1869 Coarse Whiskers 10 s. blue from Vienna, 1880 from Meteline bearing Fine Whiskers 10 s. blue with GALATI arrival cds of the Romanian P.O.; also 1875 underpaid cover from Meteline to Ibraila with Coarse Whiskers 10 s. blue, reverse with BRAILA arrival cds of the Romanian P.O.; and 1880 Fine Whiskers 3 s. green on Printed Matter cover from JERUSALEM to Bucharest with GALATI transit and BUCURESCI arrival cds's of the Romanian post offices. Minor imperfections but a scarce group (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (All Images) Currently...CHF 400.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1797 cover Lloyd Agencies in Romania, Galatz & Ibraila, 1849/61: Group four covers transported with Lloyd vessels from or to Romania; incl. 1849 ingoing Entire letter from Athens to Jassy, fully prepaid with '100' lepta with transit datestamps of ATHENS and PIRAEUS (July 11), making its journey on a Lloyd vessel, disinfected in Galatz, the "PORTULU SAU CURATIT AA CAPITANIA / GALATI" disinfection cachet in light blue struck at reverse (Meyer page 123; Kiriac fig 158); also three outgoing Entire letters to Constantinople, one 1859 from Ibraila, the two others 1860/61 from Galatz with corresponding AGENZIA handstamps in blue or black (Tchilinghirian fig 827 & 828). Some toning but a strong lot (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Currently...CHF 500.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1798 piece Austrian Post Offices in Romania & Bulgaria 1864/67: Selection of eight used adhesives / pieces with partial or full handwritten provenance notes as the covers were given direct to the vessel, not to the responsible consular or DDSG agency. The adhesives show handwritten notes naming the place of despatch, five were cancelled upon transit in Vienna with the three-circle '1' numeral, one by cds of the Hungarian TPO Bazias - BUDAPEST. The lot includes manuscript obliterations from Galatz (2), Ibraila, Turtukay, Ruschuk (2), Sistov, and Viddin. An exceptional ensemble (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Austrian Offices in Turkish Empire Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 300.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1799 cover Balance of the Collection, 1867c/1936: Lot ten covers, incl. 1867 cover front bearing 1863 Arms 10 s. blue perf 14 from the Lloyd PO in Constantinople to Ibraila, another front with two pairs 1864 10 s. blue perf 9½, 1866 unpaid entire from Sistov to Vienna, 1871 unpaid entire Syra to Trieste, directed cia Constantinople and therefore sent with DDSG steamer, 1869 envelope from Ruschuk to Stettin, the Austrian 5 kr. adhesive tied by "PER DAMPFSCHIFF" handstamp, 1870 entire from Szentendre at the Danube to the Transport administration in Vienna, 1910c private stationery envelope send with the HABSBURG steamer; Romanian Post 1871 unpaid entire Braila to Napoli with 70 decimi due, four stamps with Shipmail cancellations; Hungary 1874 registered cover from Német-Bolly to Szentendre, and 1936 cover from Komarom to Vienna. In mixed quality but interesting (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Austrian Offices in Turkish Empire Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 100.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

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