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This folded letter was sent from Trieste at the north end of the Adriatic.
Trieste was part of the Austrian Empire at this time.*
It became part of Italy after World War I.

The letter was franked with an 1867 15 kr. brown
typographer Emperor Franc Joseph (Scott 31).
The cover was stamped with a red boxed
FRANCO indicating the letter was prepaid.

The Trieste cancel is a single rim oval dated August 22.

The sender, Greenroom & Allied applied a blue oval hand stamp.
The sender requested service via Belgium & England.

There is no evidence of entry into the British mails.

The cover arrived in New York on September 7 and received a PAID ALL cancel.
I believe that the script 10 reflects the credit New York received for delivery.

It would be nice to read the contents of the message.
The correspondents suggest a purely commercial relationship.

*Thanks to Paolo von Bagaglio for catching my several typos on this page.

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