Constantinople - Varna - Kustendje Line
Arrival Marking of Kustendje
cover 1864 (30 June) neat XU5 to Genoa (8.7) via Trieste bearing 1863 Arms perf. 14 3s. green, 15s. brown and 1864 perf. 9½ 10s., cancelled by "CONSTANTINOPEL" c.d.s. and one 15s. additionally by "P.D.", showing straight-line "VIA KUSTENDJE & VIENNA" h.s. adjacent. Extremely fine and splendid mixed issue franking with this rare arrival marking. Tchilinghirian fig. 113. Holcombe opinion (1990). Photo
Details
cover 1864 (30 June) neat XU5 to Genoa (8.7) via Trieste bearing 1863 Arms perf. 14 3s. green, 15s. brown and 1864 perf. 9½ 10s., cancelled by "CONSTANTINOPEL" c.d.s. and one 15s. additionally by "P.D.", showing straight-line "VIA KUSTENDJE & VIENNA" h.s. adjacent. Extremely fine and splendid mixed issue franking with this rare arrival marking. Tchilinghirian fig. 113. Holcombe opinion (1990). Photo