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    1898 (Aug 2): Registered cover to Kajana, Finland franked on front by 1894 ¼ g. green and ½ g. pale red tied by scarce "ENTOTTO" datestamp in blue, repeated strike above. Framed "R" for registration and reverse with Djibouti 1894 50 c. blue & red tied by "Djibouti / Cote Fran.se Des Somalis" cds (Aug 19) in blue. Faint French Ligne N Paquebot datestamp in black on obverse (carried on the Steamer 'Oceanien'), and address re-written in Cyrillic to benefit the local Postman. A fine and extremely rare first issue cover to a most unusual destination.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,700 CHF