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Auction: 26015 - "The Treasure of the Eagles" Collection of Albania - Part I
Lot: 3013

(x) Ottoman Albania (1718-1912)
Related Correspondence or Incoming Mail
1868 (Nov. 26). Cover from Trieste to Scutari (Bianchi correspondence), franked by Austria 1867 Coarse Printing 10kr. blue (irregular perforations at top left), tied by "trieste/col valore" two-line handstamp (Tchilinghirian fig. 20), charged on arrival with Turkey 1869 postage dues of 20pa. and 1pi. (Micheal 11Aa, 12Ab) applied on reverse over a transit (26.11) c.d.s. of Zara, tied by all Arabic Scutari double circle (Coles & Walker fig. 3, Tchilinghirian fig. 498). A rare mixed franking, further enhanced by the very infrequent route via Zara. Cert. Ferchanbauer, signed Enzo Diena.

note: Usually, letters from the northern Adriatic ports addressed to Scutari were initially loaded onto ships that landed on the Montenegrin coast (Cattaro or Antivari), from where they were transported by land couriers to their final destination in northern Ottoman Albania. Very rare are the letters that were handled by the post office of Zadar (Zara) and then transported along the Dalmatian coast via a longer overland route. This occurred when sea transport took longer because the shipping line called at numerous eastern Adriatic ports after Zadar (Sibenik, Split, Dubrovnik, Kotor, Bar), or when the faster and more direct routes did not include a call at the harbours of Austrian Albania.

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Estimate
£600 to £1,000

Starting price
£500