Auction 265th - 273rd - Day 4

Aegean Islands Mytilene, 1872 (Sept 28): Lettersheet from Mytilene on the island of Lesbos to Braila in Walachia, bearing 1867 coarse whiskers 5 s. red and 15 s. brown, tied by "METELINE 27 / 7" cds in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 566), PD in black alongside. Reverse with indistinct Constantinople transit and Romanian BRAILA arrival cds (Oct 8). Horizontal and vertical file folds away from adhesives and datestamp, a rare provenance for an incoming cover to Romania.