360 / Mai 2015 London

1864: Arms definitives 2 kr. yellow, 10 kr. blue and 15 kr. brown, perf. 9½ in mixed four colour franking with 1867 Franz-Joseph 5 kr. red, coarse whiskers, fine and fresh examples, tied by two line "ROVERETO 30. AUG" (Müller no. 3299c) datestamps to envelope (vert. fold away from stamps) with "P.D." and "RECOM" in oval alongside, sent to Milano. A fantastic cover sent in August 1867, three months after the issue of the 1867 definitives and prior to the introduction of the general 15 kr. rate in October 1867. The 32 kr. franking overpays the 31 kr. rate to Italy, consisting of 21 kr. for the postage and 10 kr. for the registration which were franked against the regulations on front of the cover. Cert. Enzo Diena (1991). Provenance: Collection Capellaro.

1867: Franz-Joseph definitive 25 kr. lilac grey fine whiskers, hor. pair on front in mixed franking with 1883 Double Eagle definitive 20 kr. olive grey & black (2) on reverse, fine and fresh examples, tied by fair "TRIEST 20/6/7A/84" cds's to large-sized registered envelope of the 8th weight rate (some age wear, opened on three sides for display, addressee's name redrawn) with "R Nr" handstamp alongside and sent to Modena with Udine transit and Modena arrival cds's from the following day. A rare mixed franking for the payment of this heavy cover, cert. Puschmann (1992).

1863: Arms 3 soldi green in a vertical pair, single 5 soldi rose and 15 soldi brown in a horizontal pair, all perf. 14, used on cover from Ibraila to Genoa, Italy tied by two line dated IBRAILA / 17. MAG. handstamps in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 728). Italic 'P.D.' in black below (fig. 732) and reverse with 'Pesth / Früh' transit cds and Genova arrival (May 24). The 5 s. with closed nick at base on application but an extremely rare usage of three values from the perforated 14 issue from Romania. A magnificent and extremely rare three colour franking for the specialist. Cert. Ferchenbauer (1992).