Lot no. 1176

1885 (September 27), 1pi black, overprint Type I, 10pa green pair and 20pa rose single overprint Type IV, all tied to cover by Plovdiv c.d.s., to Galata, Constantinople, with blue Burgas c.d.s. transit backstamp and partial black c.d.s. receiver, cover has been repaired along top, the pair with some corresponding flaws, yet an exceptional three-colour franking, correctly paying the 2pi foreign letter rate for the second weight stamp; a major rarity, arguably the most attractive commercial usage of this issue, and one of the most important covers of Eastern Rumelia; with 1975 Buhler and 2022 Hitzler certificates.