Trieste-Corfu-Alexandria Express Line
cover 1869 (20 April) "prix courant" from Constantinople to Trieste (27.4) bearing 1863 Arms perf. 14 2s. yellow pair, cancelled by "SCHIFFSAMT NO 1/CORFU" c.d.s. (27.4); figure 88, type 8). Extremely fine and fresh. A marvellous showpiece for the Ionian Island stage of this maritime service. Illustrated in Umberto del Bianco, I; Lloyd Austriaco e gli Annulli Marittimi dell' Austria-Ungheria, Vol. II, p. 401. Signed Grioni. Photo in colour.
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cover 1869 (20 April) "prix courant" from Constantinople to Trieste (27.4) bearing 1863 Arms perf. 14 2s. yellow pair, cancelled by "SCHIFFSAMT NO 1/CORFU" c.d.s. (27.4); figure 88, type 8). Extremely fine and fresh. A marvellous showpiece for the Ionian Island stage of this maritime service. Illustrated in Umberto del Bianco, I; Lloyd Austriaco e gli Annulli Marittimi dell' Austria-Ungheria, Vol. II, p. 401. Signed Grioni. Photo in colour.