CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 7

Macedonia, Lloyd Agency in Volos 1877 (Dec 22): Entire letter from Volos to Trieste, bearing 1876 fine whiskers 10 s. blue, a fine and fresh example, tied by fair strike of very rare sunburst "AGENZIE DEL LLOYD AUSTRIACO / VOLO" handstamp in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 630). Reverse with oval TRIEST arrival (Dec 29) datestamp. Lightest horizontal file folds well away from the franking, not distracting at all from the rare extremely late use of this sought after sunburst cancellation, approximately 30 years after its introduction. Cert. E. Diena (1983).rnProvenance: Cihangir collection, Corinphila sale121 (April 2000), lot 1637.