Lot 60074 – Ottoman Post Offices

Shumen-Şumnu: 1864 Telegraph envelope dated 20 Rebiyülevvel 1281 = 24 August 1864 sent to district governor showing on reverse extremely rare bilingual negative “Daire-i idare-i Telgraf Şumnu 72 (1855) ADMn DES TELEGRAPHES CHUMIA” seal handstamp in brownish green, one of only two recorded envelopes showing this seal, one of the great rarities of Bulgarian & Ottoman philately, cert. Nakri (2004)