Saxony: 1867, Zwickau to Baghdad, envelope bearing single 5 Ngr (Mi 19b) cancelled by circular Zwickau Bahnh. 6.VII. Letter of first weight class with written directive “via Triest-Beyrouth”, and sent from Triest to Constantinople by Austrian Lloyd, then by British courier via Beirut by the desert route to Baghdad. On reverse is Triest transit 7.7 and Constantinopel 15.7. Rate of 5 Ngr includes 3 Ngr for German-Austrian union and 2 Ngr for the Austrian Lloyd. Letter with a few bends because of content, and stamp with light browning to lower perforations. A very rare and attractive letter from the Oehlschlägel correspondence to Baghdad; the earliest known letter from Sachsen to Baghdad.
Ex Arnim Knapp. Köhler 342, Sep. 2010, lot 192, €4000 hammer.
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