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Auction: 4024 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 1240

Bulgaria 1877 (9 Jan.) stampless envelope addressed to London bearing a superb strike of the very rare "varna/bulgarien" c.d.s. (only two covers recorded) with fine handstruck "T" alongside and with manuscript "2" for double rate and "10" (charged double 5d. rate); vertical folding crease but probably unique. Also 1899 5st. postal stationery card to Constantinople with the despatch c.d.s. and large "T" in circle struck in light blue. Photo Estimate £ 800-1,000

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