Lot no. 1069

1880 (March 28), stampless cover from Plovdiv to Elisabetgrad (Kropyvnytskyi, in present-day Ukraine), endorsed “en Russie”, struck with blue despatch c.d.s. and “FRANCO” in matching ink, Constantinople transit c.d.s. (Mar 30) on front, shortpaid and struck with black circular “T” due mark, “14” (kopecks) in manuscript alongside, a a fine and scarce postage due cover from the short period following the withdrawl of Russian troops, but before the delivery of postage stamps.