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Auction: SW1018 - The Collectors' Series
Lot: 372

Telegrams, Telegraph & Telephone Stamps - The Professor Shaul Ladany Collection, Part IIAustria1858-59, 10kr. brown, type II, two examples, of which one applied on reverse paying the compulsory registration fee applied to telegrams carried through the post, tied by Italic "Spalato/26. Lug.o" datestamps to "Telegramm" envelope to Curzola, with the telegram -originating from Milan- being in the first instance transmitted by telegraphic means. Wrinkles affecting one adhesive, of very little significance for this extremely rare usage in the second issue, of great importance for the postal history and traditional collection aiming to exhibit extraordinary usages. Cert. Ferchenbauer. Ferchenbauer (unrecorded in catalogue). Photo

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