Auction 265th - 273rd - Day 4

Romania Austrian Lloyd P.O. in Kustendje 1865 (Sept. 19): Unpaid Entire letter from Constantinople to Trieste, endorsed "Voie de Kustendje", struck in transit with "LLOYD AGENZIE KUSTENDJE 19 / 9" cds in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 844). Reverse with WIEN transit cds in black and framed TRIEST arrival datestamp in red (Sept 24). Minor filing fold, an appealing entire.rnNote: Until the end of 1865 the Austrian Lloyd routed its mail via Kustendje / Constanza until the new railway line from Varna to Rustchuk was inaugurated. The receiver had to pay 20 kreuzer for the Levant and 15 kreuzer for Austria.rnProvenance: Collection Monte Napoleone, 78. Corinphila sale (Sept 1988), lot 680.