Austria 1850 - Lombardo Veneto 1853 - Letter from Venice...

• Issuing state: Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom (Austrian Posts). • Year: April 1853. • Postage: Pair of 9 Kreuzer blue, first issue 1850, printed on hand-made paper. • Tariff: 18 Kreuzer total, tariff for direct letter sent over the border to the Duchy of Modena. • Route: Departed from Venice (contemporary archival note on the reverse: "Da Venez.a") and arrived in Modena on 11 April 1853 (clearly visible double-circle postmark on the reverse). • Conditions and notes: Complete letter with text (or cover). Stamps with variable margins (the right-hand specimen is clipped/finicked along the bottom and right). The original cancel is very heavy and oily, having partially burned/marked the support, as was common in the period. The document is initialed by a philatelic expert on the front, beneath the left stamp, to guarantee total authenticity.

Estimate:$190.5

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