Lote 99

✉ BULGARIA. 1886. Bulgaria 5st. dull green on buff postal stationery card cancelled on despatch by bilingual ROUSTCHOUK cds. in blue. Underpaid and struck with circular T mark in same ink. Transit of Austrian P.O. in CONSTANTINOPEL (4/2) in black and Turkisk P.O. arrival cds. on reverse. Turkey 1884 20pa. rose used as Postage Due and tied by octagonal framed ARNAVUT KOY (Albanian Village, Coles & Walker fig. 80) in the suburbs of Constantinople and oval BATTAL (cancelled) handstamp in black. Scarce and very fine usage.