274th - 283th Corinphila Auction - Day 4

1882: 30 st. deep lilac and green (2) with a further 25 st. blue and pale blue, a 10 st. rose and pale rose and a 5 st. green and pale green on registered foreign letter dated 2. Feb.1886 from Shumen to Colchester. The letter is franked at triple foreign weight rate plus 25 st. registration fee, cancelled by bilingual CHUMLA in grey. "R" registeration handstamp alongside. A gentle crease at the base does not visibly affect the 30 st. stamps. An attractive and very rare item, only three 'four colour' frankings with high values are recorded. Opinions Sorani (1990), Zagorsky (1995), Hitzler (2016) Penev (2021). Ex collection Hitzler.