1863 cover, endorsed at top "Chartum Central Africa", presumably carried overland (camel runner) up to the first available river post office in Egypt. It went along to Cairo, where a blue "Posta Europea Cairo 17 Sep 1863" postmark was applied, from there to Alexandria, where a vertical pair of 15sld perf. 14 1/2 Austrian Levant was added to pay for transmission, via Trieste to Vienna (15sld for steamboat passage and 15sld for inter-Austrian...
United States & Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
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Cherrystone Auctions United States & Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
We are pleased to present our November 18-19 sale, with 1,533 lots, including the Abraham Siegel stock of postal history of the world, as well as properties of numerous other vendors and estates sold by their order.
There are selections of attractive United States regular issues and commemoratives, Western European countries with Austria, Benelux, Scandinavia, France, Germany, Italy and Colonies, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Scandinavia.
Great and Britain and British Commonwealth are highlighted by Canada 12p Victoria, as well as unused London-London 25c green & yellow, followed by the only known example on cover.
In addition, there are numerous rarities from Baltic Countries, Czechoslovakia, Poland and Russia, with seldom seen errors and varieties, gold-standard definitives on cover and Air Post.
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The sale concludes with 140+ large lots and collections, which range from single country collections to multi-carton worldwide groups of stamps and covers.
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Lot #167 - Austria austrian levant
1869 (24 Sep) outer FL to Genova, franked with 3sld and 25sld, cancelled by Smyrna cds, with framed "Piroscafi Postali Italiani" alongside, Brindisi transit and arrival pmks, fine (catalogue value for 25sld on cover) -
Cat. Val. $1,650
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