Lot 70066 – Thomas. B. Morton & Co. – The Finer of Two Known 2

Thomas. B. Morton & Co. – The Finer of Two Known 2nd Issue Covers 1870 Folded letter from Varna to Istanbul, posted at the Lloyd Agency (blue LLOYD AGENZIA / VARNA / 20.1 cds), then because Lloyd ships called only weekly, given to T.B. MORTON CO. and franked with their 1866 primitive red circular “seal” FRANCO issue (40pa), with ms “20” (soldi) postage due assessed by Lloyd Agency in Istanbul. Only two covers known with this issue (the other a part cover from the Steindler collection), this being the UNIQUE example of the red frank. Outstanding Austrian Levant rarity