373. Auktion

"BELL'S ASIA MINOR STEAMSHIP Co. SMYRNA AGENCY" perfectly struck blue four-line handstamp on folded letter to Triest with adjacent cds. "SMIRNE 4/2 71", once the cover was received by the companies agent in Izmir it was transferred to the Austrian Lloyd Company where the cover was charged with "20" (soldi) as postage due, reverse with arrival mark, a very fine entire showing a perfect strike of the very rare handstamp of which only two are recorded

"THE ASIA MINOR SCREW STEAMSHIP Co. SMYRNA AGENCY" perfectly struck blue three-line handstamp on folded letter to Triest with adjacent cds. "SMIRNE 4/2 71", once the cover was received by the companies agent in Izmir it was transferred to the Austrian Lloyd Company where the cover was charged with "20" (soldi) as postage due, reverse with arrival mark, a very fine entire showing a perfect strike of the rare handstamp