Austria - Austria 1851/1855 – Letter and 2 fronts of the...

• Document 1 (Entire Letter - 1851): • Origin: Vienna, June 6, 1851. • Franking: Rare and spectacular two-color mixed franking consisting of one 3 Kreuzer red (vermilion) stamp and one 6 Kreuzer brown stamp (First Issue, coat of arms). The stamps pay the total rate of 9 Kreuzer and are canceled with the clear “WIEN” boxed handstamp. • Front: Contemporary manuscript charge marking “25” in carantani (Lombardy-Venetian currency kreuzer used for transit calculations). Modern philatelic cataloging marks in pencil and auction lot box “123”. • Reverse: Clear circular double-ring arrival postmark “LIVORNO 10 GIU 1851” (transit in just 4 days). Rare Tuscan oval railway transit marking “S.V.” (Railway / Steamer Service). Prestigious blue-ink straight-line sender’s cachet of the celebrated Viennese private bank “ARNSTEIN & ESKELES”. Commercial arrival registry number “224” written in pen. • Document 2 (Front - 1854): • Origin: Trieste, June 8, 1854. • Franking: Single 9 Kreuzer stamp in the sought-after Gray Blue shade - Type 2 (Sassone/Ferchenbauer no. 5, Type II). The stamp has excellent, generous margins and is canceled with the double-ring “TRIESTE 8 / 6” postmark. • Details: Shows the arrival postmark struck on the cover “LIVORNO 13 GIU 1854” (5 days in transit) and contemporary commercial annotations in the sender’s (Ditta Parenti) ink. Modern cataloging notes in pencil. • Document 3 (Front - 1855): • Origin: Trieste, 1855. • Franking: Single 9 Kreuzer Gray Blue stamp - Type 2 (Sassone/Ferchenbauer no. 5, Type II), canceled with the characteristic grid/rays postmark of the Trieste office. • Details: Shows the clear decorated circular arrival postmark “LIVORNO 11 GIU 1855”. Archival annotations in pencil on the front.

Estimate:£158.78

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