Lot no. 585 °

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BULGARIA: 1841, folded envelope with contents, manuscript "ISLIMIYE" (today Sliven) to Constantinople with deep blue arrival mark "AN CANIB POSTANE-I DERALIYE 257" (Isfila no. 3, RR), extremely scarce early mail from Sliven where 1841 no postal cancellation was in use