Auction 333-341 Europe & Overseas - Day 5

Austrian Consular P.O. in Beirut 1866ca: Entire letter to Jaffa bearing 1864 Arms 5 so. rose (2) and 10 so. blue perf 9½, three fine and fresh single example tied by „BERUTTI 7 / 3“ cds in brown (Tranmer fig. 3). The cover's reverse heavily spotted, nevertheless an appealing double port-to-port rate cover with a rare combination to pay the 20 soldi rate. Ferchenbauer combination unrecorded.
Provenance: Corinphila sale 83 (Sept 1991), lot 5216.