Auction 309-320 - Europe & Overseas - Day 6

Austrian Lloyd Offices in Dobrudja 1867: The wonderful selection (3) of matching blocks: 5 s. red, a used block of nine, 10 s. blue in a used block of six (2 x 3) and the remarkable 15 kr. brown used block of twelve (6 x 2) all neatly cancelled by fine strikes of "LLOYD AGENZIE / KUSTENDJE" circular datestamps in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 844). Minor imperfections but almost certainly the largest multiples cancelled in Kustendje and a spectacular group. Certs (3). Ferchenbauer (1990).rnrnProvenance: Collection Blecher, Köhler, Wiesbaden, 6 June 1990, ex lot 5336.