Lot 85256 – Unpaid letter from Trieste (Nov. 20th/Dec. 2nd, 1865) to Syros (Nov. 24th/Dec. 6th, 1865). Taxed at the arrival at 75 lepta.
Lot 85256 – Unpaid letter from Trieste (Nov. 20th/Dec. 2nd, 1865) to Syros (Nov. 24th/Dec. 6th, 1865). Taxed at the arrival at 75 lepta.
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Price realised
Unsold
Estimate
180 – 260 CHF
Auction date
Sat 31 May 2025 at 10:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1865 Unpaid letter from Trieste (Nov. 20th/Dec. 2nd, 1865) to Syros (Nov. 24th/Dec. 6th, 1865). Taxed at the arrival at 75 lepta, rate corresponding to the sum of 10 lepta (3 kreuzer) for the transit through Trieste, 45 lepta (15 kreuzer) for the transportation by Austrian mail boats, written on red & blue pencil on the front, plus 20 lepta for the Greek domestic rate for a letter up to 15 grams according to the 1850 conventions between Greece & Austria and Greece & Austrian Lloyd.The four stamps (5, 10, 20 & 40 lepta) are from the Consecutive Athens printings (1862-1867).
Catalogue ref: Hellas 17a, 18a, 19a & 20a
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