David Feldman's 21st Rarities of the World Auction - June 13, 2018

Rarities of the World – 56 – 3KR FIRST DAY COVER FROM MONFALCONE 40043 F 3 1850 Folded lettersheet (missing backflaps) franked 3Kr red handmade paper first printing (Erstdruck) type Ia1 bearing 2-line script cancellation ‘Monfalcone 1. GIU.’, reverse with arrival marking UDINE 2. GIU. (without adjacent distribuzione marking), adhesive with small to full margins all around, neatly tying postmark, fresh & attractive item (Ferchenbauer €35’000) Note: The use of a 3Kr type Ia1 (Erstdruck), the placement of the 3Kr adhesive in the middle of the lettersheet and the arrival marking of Udine without the adjacent despatch marking on the cover clearly defines this as a first day cover as these three conditions were only in place in the first months of the 1st issue of Austria and Lombardy Venetia Expertise: Cert. Puschmann (1994) Estimate: €3’000 - €5’000 Italian States – Lombardy Venetia