LEVANTE: CORREO AUSTRIACO. 1873 (Jan 16). Cover carried at 23 soldi rate from BEIRUT to FLORENCE, three colour 1867 issue franking of 3 s. green, 5 s. rose and 15 s. brown all tied by BERUTTI cds´s. Reverse with BAIRUT CONSOL D´ITALIA handstamp (similar to a Consegna marking) and LLOYD AGENZIE-SMIME cds in black opened for better display. Scott 2,3,5.
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LEVANTE: CORREO AUSTRIACO. 1874. Cover from BEYROUTH, SYRIA to SWITZERLAND, bearing 5 s. red and 15 s. brown, course print (Sc 3, 5) and tied by BEIRUTTI 24/2 cds, P.D. and WATTWIL receiver on back. Colorful 20 soldi rate to SWITZERLAND.
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LEVANTE: CORREO AUSTRIACO. 1841. Entire letter to SYRA (Greece) struck with fine impression of oval framed AGENZIA DEL LLOYD AUSTRIACO / COSTANTINOPOLI in black. Disinfected against cholera with slits on face panel. Greek oval Maritime cachet on front and charged 1`0 lepta due in manuscript. Syra arrival datestamp (Feb 26) on reverse of a fine and SCARCE entire.
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LEVANTE: CORREO AUSTRIACO. 1858. Cover from Constantinople via Trieste to France sent stampless from Austrian PO, struck with triangular ´F/25´ Accountancy handstamp in black. Lyon arrival (March 10) on reverse of scarce cover.
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LEVANTE: CORREO AUSTRIACO. 1870-1935. Conjunto de siete cartas del correo Austria, Alemán, Francés e Inglés.
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1876-83, 25Kr greyish-lilac used with crisp part cancel of CONSTANTINOPEL, also showing part of watermark, a very fine example and scarce as such; signed Puschmann & mini-cert. Ferchenbauer (ANK 6II €480).
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Hungarian Post Offices in Romania, Ploesti 1867: 10 s. blue, a used example on 1867 cover to Fogaras, tied by "PLOJESTIE" circular datestamp (Oct 4) in black (Tchilinghirian ffig. 768). Reverse with Brasso transit and Fogaras arrival cds (Oct 5) in black. An exceptionally rare cover - the cancellation struck in black in use for under four months
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Hungarian Post Offices in Romania, Bucharest 1867: 10 s. blue, a used example on 1869 cover to Berlin, Prussia tied by "BUCAREST" circular datestamp (Jan 10) in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 714). Reverse with letter continuation and framed "Kandrzin / Oderberg" transit and Berlin arrival cds (Jan 15) in blue. A very scarce usage, carried under the GAPU rate of 10 soldi for a single letter. Small imperfections but rare: believed to be the sole recorded usage of this franking to the German States
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Austrian Lloyd P.O.'s in the Dobrudja, 1874 (15 May): Folded cover from Sulina via Itzkany to Trieste, bearing 1867 coarse whiskers 15 s. brown, tied by type 2 cds (Tchilinghirian fig. 840), reverse with thimble ITZKANY transit cds (19 May) and oval TRIEST arrival part datestamp. Signiert Ferchenbauer.rnProvenance: Collection Edwin Müller; collection Dr. Anton & Elisabeth Jerger, 140. Corinphila-Auktion (Mai 2004), Los 977.
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Hungarian Post Offices in Romania, Bucharest 1867: 15 s. brown, a used example on 1869 single rate cover to Wattwyl, St. Gallen, Switzerland, tied by "BUCAREST" circular datestamp (Feb 22) in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 714). Reverse with Vienna cds (Feb 26), St. Gallen cds (Feb 27) and Wattwyl arrival cds all in black; manuscript '4' Rheinish krajcar in red crayon. A rare cover - the rate to Switzerland had been reduced to 15 soldi on 1 September 1868. Slight peripheral aging reduced but a scarce and attractive cover
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