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    Finland 1852: 7 b. black on blue, a fresh horizontal strip of three with vivid colour, touched at lower right, tied by grill handstamps to 1860 cover to Helsinki, Finland, endorsed 'via St. Petersburg', then under Russian rule, with ROMA (Jan 3) despatch cds and red "PD" alongside. Milano, Chur-St.Gallen Railway, Berlin and St.Petersburg Polutsheno Utro transits as well as Helsingfors arrival (Jan. 20) cds on reverse. An appealing and scarce cover sent via Switzerland during the war between Austria and Italy.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF