Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World
September 24-25
Our September 24-25, 2024 auction features solid selections of United States (including further material from the Larry Brasler stock), Canada, Great Britain & British Commonwealth, Latin and South America, European Countries, including Austria, France, Germany, Italy, as well as Poland, Russia, Spain and Switzerland. There is an old-world collection of Mixed Frankings and Redirected Mail, formed by a European gentleman, with an extraordinary selection of combination usages. Other areas areas are well represented, with China, Japan and Korea. As always, the sale contains 160+ large lots and collections, with individual country albums, worldwide accumulations in cartons, cover lots and much more. The sale will take place live via CherrystoneLIVE.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1152 ROMANIA Austrian Lloyd Post Office in Kustendje 1868 (6 May) outer FL from Kustendje to Genova, franked with DBSR 20pa black on green (used to pay for the local train service from Kustendje to Czernawoda), used in combination with horizontal pair of Austrian Levant 15 soldi brown, perf. 9 1/2, tied by two well struck "Lloyd Agenze Kustendje 8/5" cds, red "PD" handstamp above, with transit markings of Wien (12.5), Milano Stazione and Partenze (14.5) and Genova arrival (16.5), minor filing fold at bottom, slightly through the lower left corner of 20pa, faint adhesive toning, fine and most attractive Kustendje-Czernawoda letter (DBSR (the Danube and Black Sea Railway) covered a distance of 46 miles between Kustendje, a port on the Black Sea, and Czernawoda on the Danube, forming a link between the mail boats of the Danube Steam Navigation Company at Czernawoda and those of the Austrian Lloyd Company at Kustendje. DBSR issued a single 20 paras stamp for the conveyance of loose letters over the route) (Sass. €42,500)  | Price Realized $11,500.00 |
