CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 7

Austrian consular P.O. in Constantinople-Galata 1889 (May 28): Envelope from Constantinople to Gössnitz, Germany, bearing 1888 (May) 10 p. on 3 kr. blue-green, two fine and fresh horizontal pairs, each pair tied centrally by bold "CONSTANTINOPEL / OESTERREICHISCHE POST I" cds in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 398). Reverse with framed "GÖSSNITZ (SACHS. ALTENBG)" (May 31) arrival cds. A most unusual way to pay the 1 piaster UPU rate, opinion Goller (2022). rnNote: The receiver of this cover is the famous German philatelist Arthur Ernst Glasewald (1861–1926).rnProvenance: Kurt Wolfsbauer collection, DF sale (Feb 2002), lot 30951.