Lot 20019 - 1852 Disinfected Entire – Austrian Lloyd Agencies, Beirut to Larnaca Exceptional folded disinfected entire written in Greek, sent from Beirut to Cyprus in 1852. The cover bears a clear black oval cachet of AGENZIE DEL L

1852 Disinfected Entire – Austrian Lloyd Agencies, Beirut to Larnaca

Exceptional folded disinfected entire written in Greek, sent from Beirut to Cyprus in 1852. The cover bears a clear black oval cachet of AGENZIE DEL LLOYD AUSTRIACO / BERUTTI (Beirut) together with the much rarer Cypriot oval cachet AGENZIE DEL LLOYD AUSTRIACO / LARNACA, with an additional faint strike on the reverse. The cover also displays the characteristic disinfection slits applied during quarantine.

An important and highly desirable rarity of Austrian Lloyd postal history in the Levant, combining the scarce Larnaca agency marking with disinfected mail. A key item for collectors of Cyprus, Austrian Levant, and maritime postal history.