Los 3203

1853, from Manchester to Bucharest (Wallachia), stampless cover addressed to a noblewoman, bearing blue circular MANCHESTER FE 18 1853 dispatch cds and red CALAIS transit marking on front, with multiple crossed-out manuscript rate notations including 29/9 and 45/6, final rating marked as 29/6 in blue crayon indicating 29 kreuzer due by recipient, reverse with BRITISH FE 18 1853 transit, black circular HERMANNSTADT 28/2 and arrival BUCAREST 2 MAR, routed via France and Austria into the Ottoman-aligned Danubian Principalities, correctly taxed according to the Austrian-Lloyd rate for unpaid first weight class letter from Western Europe to Wallachia, excellent example of complex mid-19th century international mail handling, showing typical rating corrections and full chain of transit to a rare destination, VF! Estimate 700€.