Auction 321 - 332 Romania – Special Catalogue, Worldwide Rarities – The ERIVAN Collection – 2nd Auction, Schweiz & Liechtenstein - Day 5

Incoming mail 1852: Entire letter from Constantinople to Galatz stuck with oval framed "AGENZIA DEL LLOYD AUSTRIACO / Constantinopoli" in blue-green (Tchilinghirian fig. 442), struck on arrival with Cyrillic Disinfection cachet "PORTULU S'AU CURATIT / AA CAPITANIA GALATI" = "The Harbour. It has been cleaned at the Office of the Harbour Master, Galatz" (Kiriac fig 158). Extremely rare, carried by Lloyd on the Danube, Meyer records just three examples of this disinfection cachet, this being finer than the illustrated example. Ex collection Sassower.