Lot 20290 – 1870 Coat of Arms issue perforated 3 kreuzer rose on complete telegram with text from Lübeck

1870 Coat of Arms issue perforated 3 kreuzer rose, fresh colours and well perforated with neatly placed violet-blue single-circle postmark « MÜNCHEN 23 JUL » (1873) on complete telegram with text from Lübeck to Munich and forwarded to Neuötting with transit and arrival postmarks on the back. Slightly stained, especially in the perforation area and that inconspicuous bend mark. Telegrams franked with the coat of arms issue are many times rarer than those with the square issue, only five are recorded. As a franked telegram with complete contents it is unique. Certificate Brettl BPP (2007): ”als frankiertes Telegram mit vollständigen Inhalt ist dies das mir bisher einzig bekannte Exemplar”.