U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
June 7-8, 2016
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #226 AUSTRIA 1850 cover franked with 3kr and 6kr Arms, tied by "Wien 1 July" datestamps and sent to Verona, where it was additionally franked with 30 Centesimi brown and sent to Venice, both Verona and Venezia pmks on back, stamps with margins all around or just touching (6kr), fine and interesting "forwarded" mixed franking combination Austria/Lombardy-Venetia cover, with Matl, Sorani and Colla certificates  Catalog #3,4 | Unsold |
 | Lot #227 AUSTRIA 1850 9kr blue, type IIIa, hand-made paper, rouletted, "Tokay 15/9" cancel, margins all around, v.f. example of the scarce Tokay provisional, signed Kohler, ex-Dvoracek, O Catalog #5a Catalog Value $1,850 | Unsold |
 | Lot #228 AUSTRIA 1865 large cover (opened for display) from Wiener Neustadt, Austria, 13 May to Mexico, franked with 3kr green (2), 10kr blue (2) and 15kr brown (7) for a total of 131kr, addressed to a lieutenant in the Hussar regiment of Austrian Volunteers at Puebla, Mexico. The letter was intended to be sent via Paris and St. Nazaire, but the French ship had departed (red boxed "apres le depart" hs), so it was sent instead by British ship "Seine" departing Southampton May 17th and arriving at St. Thomas May 31st, then by "Conway" departing June 17th, with a stop at Puerto Rico, arriving at Veracruz June 27th. The 1/2r concessionary rate (applied by a black handstamp) was charged - the only recorded instance of this on inbound mail. A remarkable cover, of importance to both Mexican and Austrian philately | Unsold |
 | Lot #229 AUSTRIA 1919 4k carmine and black, center inverted, n.h., fine and rare, pencil signed, ** Catalog #222a Catalog Value $2,400 | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
