Lot 80686 – Letter from Messologhion (Feb. 25/Mar. 9, 1866) to

1866 Letter from Messologhion (Feb. 25/Mar. 9, 1866) to Trieste (Feb. 10/22, 1866), via Kerkyra (Feb. 28/Mar. 12, 1866). Red postmark “ΠΕΔ” or “ΠΛΙΡΩΜΕΝΟΝ ΕΞΟΤΕΡΙΚΟΝ ΔΗΚΕΩΜΑ” for “Paid to Foreign Destination” affixed at the departure. Franked at 75 lepta corresponding to the sum of 10 lepta (3 kreuzer) for the transit through Trieste, 45 lepta (15 kreuzer) for the transportation by Lloyd Austrian mail boats company, 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 maritime company. The 5, 10 and the marginal strip of three of the 20 lepta are from the consecutive Athens printings.