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Auction: 7015 - Important Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 1041

Hungary Combination Card 1871 (4 July) Hungary 2 kreuzer yellow postal stationery card, registered usage in combination with Austria-Hungary 1867 10 kreuzer blue, coarse printing, paying the registration fee; cancelled by neat strikes of "pozsony" (Pressburg) datestamps in black, used to Nyiregyhaza. "Ajanlott" registration handstamp centrally struck in black at top of card. Small tear at base of card, but of negligible importance to this attractive combination. Unique usage within the period of accepted validity for combination covers, prior to 31 July 1871. Unrecorded by Gary Ryan in "The Rarest Mixed Frankings of Hungary" (1992). A new find, never previously offered at auction. Ferchenbauer Certificate (2007) Estimate £ 7,000-8,000

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£8,000