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Auction: SW1013 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 268

1873, March 8. Cover from Braila to Paris, exhibiting 75 bani franking, this being the postal rate prior to implementation of the reduced U.P.U. rate, paid with Paris print 10b. blue, 15b. venetian red and 50b. rose, tied by neat "Braila" c.d.s.'s, showing French blue entry alongside, backstamped in transit at Vienna. A delightful and rare three-colour franking in wonderful state of preservation. Cert. Sorani. Mi. 39, 40, 42.

Sold for
€420