Auction 333-341 Europe & Overseas - Day 5

Austrian Consular P.O. in Beirut 1866ca: Undated Envelope to Jaffa bearing Austrian 1864 Arms 10 kreuzer blue perf. 9½ tied by clear “BERUTTI 15 / 11” cds (Tranmer fig. 3) in brown. The cover lightly wrinkled due to its thin paper, nevertheless a fresh cover with astonishing and very rare usage of the 10 Kreuzer value paying correctly the port-to-port rate.
Provenance: Collection Cihangir, Corinphila sale 121 (May 2000), lot 1895.