U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
September 20-21, 2016
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #267 GERMAN STATES Saxony 1863 (18 Mar) FL to Beirut, Syria, franked with 1855 Johann I 2ngr and 3ngr, margins all around, the latter without outer fame-line at top, small fault at bottom, cancelled by numerals "103", with corresponding "SCHONHEYDA 18 III 63" cds alongside, routed via the Austrian Lloyd through Trieste, with straight line "BEYRUT 8 APR" Austrian Post Office arrival datestamp at bottom; obviously underpaid, the letter was charged "2 1/2 wfr" in manuscript, also with two-line "AFFRANCATUR INSUFFICIENT", plus Zwickau and Trieste transit markings on back. A fine, earliest recorded usage from Saxony to Syria, very rare destination, with 2006 Tilo Rismondo certificate  Catalog #Mi.10a,11 | Unsold |
