Auction 265th - 273rd - Day 5

Imperial Post 1872 (Aug 11): Entire letter from Smyrna via Constantinople to Taganrog, bearing 1872 3 kop. green and 10 kop. carmine & green on horizontally laid paper, both perf. 14½, tied in transit with fair "KONST-POLSK AGENSTVO 15 AUG. 1872" cds in blue and Taganrog arrival cds in black, another Constantinople information strike alongside (Tchilinghirian fig. 13). Reverse with ODESSA transit cds in black (Aug. 18, 1872). rnProvenance: Collection Cihangir, Corinphila sale 121 (May 2000), lot 361.rnNote: Rate reduction with 3 kop. for Ropit and 10 kop. for Russia.