Shumen-Şumnu: 1877 Postal money order form for delivery of 47 gold coins to Varna dated 21 Şubat 1292 = 5 March 1877 showing extremely rare Arabic negative with Crescent "Postahane Şumnu 1285" (Post Office Shumen 1869) handstamp in blue, unrecorded by any catalogue, a highlight of Bulgarian & Ottoman philately, cert. Nakri
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