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Lot 601

"MIL:BRIEF.ST.LUXEM=BURG" in black, very nice strike on Prussia postal stationery envelope 3 sgr. orange endorsed at bottom left "Militairbrief der Bundesfestung Luxemburg" and adjacent transit mark "TRIER 30/4" to Eisleben with arrival mark; on reverse return address of a sergeant of 37th Infanterie Regiment. A very fine and rare entire. We have recorded only one other Prussian stationery envelope with this marking (2 sgr. with marking in the second type) Provenance: 256. Heinrich Köhler Auktion (1987)