Lot 60074 – Ottoman Post Offices
Lot 60074 – Ottoman Post Offices
Lot 60074 – Ottoman Post Offices
Bulgaria
Price realised
Unsold
Estimate
7’500 EUR
Auction date
Fri 10 Jun 2016 at 12:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
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) Auction
Catalogue
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