Lot 28

✉ AUSTRIA. Sc. 34, 36, 37. 1883 (May 21). The outstanding and famous combination 3 kr. green postal envelope plus 1874/80, fine beard, 2 kr. yellow, 5 kr. red and 10 kr. blue, all cancelled Prag, 21 May 1883 to YOKOHAMA, Japan, arriving 7 July. The letter was re-addressed via San Francisco and New York to Vienna and 2 Japanese 1883 5 sen blue were added to pay the postage and cancelled in black with the cds. Of Yokohama 2 July 1663 above, arriving in Vienna 27 August, it was again re-addressed and posted from Hernals via Karolinenthal 29 August to PRAG, were it was eventually delivered to the addresse on the same day. Cert. FERCHENBAUER and HOLCOMBE.