274th - 283th Corinphila Auction - Day 4

Romania, Austrian Lloyd P.O. in Kustendje: 1867 DBSR 20 pa. black on green used to pay Local train service from Kustendje to Czernowoda in combination with Austrian Levant 1864 15 s. brown perf. 9½, two examples well centered and perforated, both tied by "LLOYD AGENZIE KUSTENDJE 29 / 6" cds in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 844), on letter sheet from Kustendje to Orebich, Dalmatia. Reverse with WIEN and ZARA transit as well as OREBICH (July 6) arrival cds's. A remarkable and extremely rare usage. Signed A. Bolaffi; cert. G. Bolaffi (1970), A. Diena (1970), Ferchenbauer (1983) & E. Diena (1988) Ferchenbauer = € 25'000.rnNote: The Danube and Black Sea Railway (DBSR) extended a distance of 46 miles between Kustendje, on the Black Sea, and Czernawoda on the Danube, thus forming a link between the mail boats of the DDSG at Czernawoda and the mail boats of the Austrian Lloyd Company at Kustendje. The DBSR adhesive was solely used for the conveyance of loose letters over this shorter route.rnReference: A cover from the same correspondence is depicted in Ringström & Tester - Private ship letter stamps of the world on p. 134.rnProvenance: Collection Monte Napoleone, Corinphila sale 78; (Oct. 1988), lot 693.