Austria - Austria 1851/1855 – Letter and 2 fronts of the...

• Document 1 (Full Letter - 1851): • Departure: Vienna, June 6, 1851. • Postage: Rare and spectacular mixed two-color frankling consisting of a 3 Kreuzer red (vermilion) value and a 6 Kreuzer brown (First Issue, arms) value. The stamps fulfill the 9 Kreuzer total tariff and are canceled by the sharp two-line box stamp "WIEN". • Front Elements: Handwritten late-valuation "25" in carantani (Lombardo-Veneto currency kreuzer for transit calculations). Modern philatelic cataloging marks in pencil and auction lot box "123". • Back Elements: Clear circular double-ring arrival stamp "LIVORNO 10 GIU 1851" (transit in only 4 days). Rare Tuscan oval railway transit stamp "S.V." (Strada Ferrata / Servizio Vapori). Prestigious blue ink sender’s line stamp from the famous Viennese private bank "ARNSTEIN & ESKELES". Commercial arrival protocol number "224" written in pen. • Document 2 (Frontispiece - 1854): • Departure: Trieste, June 8, 1854. • Postage: Single 9 Kreuzer stamp in the sought-after Blue-Gray shade - Type 2 (Sassone/Ferchenbauer no. 5, Type II). The stamp shows excellent wide margins and is canceled by the double-circle stamp "TRIESTE 8 / 6". • Details: Shows the arrival mark impressed on the support "LIVORNO 13 GIU 1854" (5 days of travel) and the era commercial ink annotations by the sender (Ditta Parenti). Pencil modern cataloging annotations. • Document 3 (Frontispiece - 1855): • Departure: Trieste, 1855. • Postage: Single 9 Kreuzer Blue Gray - Type 2 (Sassone/Ferchenbauer no. 5, Type II), canceled by the characteristic grid/rays stamp of Trieste office. • Details: Shows the clear circular arrival stamp decorated "LIVORNO 11 GIU 1855". Archival pencil annotations on the front.

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