U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
July 10-11, 2007

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Lot #554
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Austrian Forerunners
1851 registered FL from Banja Luka, franked with Austrian first issue 9kr, carried across the border and posted in "Konstainiza" for further delivery in Trieste, with Agram transit and arrival pmks, fine, signed Dr. Ferchenbauer (Ferchenbauer handbook places 300-500% premium on registered covers)
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Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #555
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Austrian Forerunners
1851 registered FL from Domanovich, franked with Austrian first issue 9kr (HPI) and on reverse 6kr (HPIa) to pay registration fee, carried across the border and posted in "Metcovich" for further delivery in Vienna, transit markings of Karlstadt and Vienna arrival, 6kr stamp was originally used to seal the letter and creased, subsequently moved to a different position on cover, otherwise fine, with Ferchenbauer cert. "sehr schones stuck!"
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Catalog Value € 1,000
Unsold
Lot #556
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Austrian Forerunners
1863 outer FL from Trieste, sent unfranked to Sarajevo where 20pa Turkish Postage Due (First design) was added and tied by Sarajevo "Battal" (paid) grid of dots (Pulhan type IIA1, rated RRR), fine and extremely scarce
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Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #557
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Austrian Forerunners
1871 FL from "Brcka" ("U Brckom") to Sissak, franked with Austrian 3kr red, tied by "Rajevo Selo 4/3" cds, with Sisak arrival pmk, some filing folds and minor paper erosion, otherwise fine
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Lot #558
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Austrian Forerunners
1872 large part of a registered FL from Sarajevo to Wien, franked with Hungary Franz Josef Engraved 5kr red and 15kr brown, tied by a bilingual "Brood in Slavonien/Brood Slav 3.9.72" cds, also with "Preporuceno-Recomandirt"
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Lot #559
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Austrian Forerunners
1873 FL from Constantinople to Sarajevo, franked with Turkish 2pi (strip of three), tied by double ring Sarajevo pmks (Pulhan type IV/1, rated RR), with indistinct "Stamboul" cds, fine
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Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #560
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Austrian Forerunners
1873 FL from Sarajevo to Brod, franked with Turkish 1870-71 1pi and 2pi, tied by all-Arabic double circle "Bosnia" cancel, fine
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Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #561
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Austrian Forerunners
1874 FL from Sarajevo, franked with Turkish postage dues 20pa and 1pi both with red brown borders, pin-perf. (Sc. No.J26,27), tied by double ring Sarajevo pmks (Pulhan type IV/1, rated RR) and sent to Brod (addressed to Mikhail Tasovcu)
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Lot #562
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Austrian Forerunners
1876 FL from Sarajevo, franked with Turkish 1pi and 2pi (Sc. No.40,J33), tied by double ring Sarajevo pmks (Pulhan type IV/1, rated RR), fine
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Lot #563
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Austrian Forerunners
1878 stampless outer wrapper, endorsed "Feldpost", with "Franco" hs and "K.u.k. Feldpostexpositur No.51 18.9.78", posted at Slavinski Brod (gathering point of invading army), addressed to Leopoldstadt/Wien, with military endorsement "Armen comand.. II Armee Brood" and Leopoldstadt 20.9.78 arrival pmk. Fine item from the 1877-78 Balkan War
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Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #564
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Austrian Forerunners
1878 free-frank military envelope (partly restored) with "K.u.k. Huptfeldpostampt d. II Armee/22.12.78" pmk", posted at Slavinski Brod (gathering point of invading army), addressed to Wien, with Leopoldstadt 25.10.78 arrival pmk. Austria-Hungary occupied the Ottoman provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina under the terms of the Congress of Berlin, which settled the Russo-Turkish (Balkan) War
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Lot #565
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Austrian Forerunners
1879 cover (roughly opened and little reduced at left) from Risto Jovanoviv in Tuzla, franked with three copies of Hungary Envelope Type 5kr red, tied by two strikes of "K.u.K. Etappen-Postamt No. XVIII - 9.5.79" cds, sent to Sarajevo, fine and rare civilian mail, with arrival pmk ("K.u.K. Feldpostampt - Sarajevo")
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Price Realized
$1,450.00

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