Auction 333-341 Europe & Overseas - Day 5

Austrian Lloyd 1867/74: 10 s. blue, a single used on 1878 cover from Varna to Constantinople tied by the incredibly scarce "VARNA / LLOYD" circular datestamp (Nov 20) in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 940). Reverse with Lloyd Agency in Constantinople arrival cds (Nov 24). Whilst this cancellation was delivered on February 1, 1878; Tchilinghirian recorded just one cover: then housed in the I. Rosenzweig collection. A rarity of Levant Postal History.