Lot# 7287 - Auction 274-283
Auction 274-283
-> France: Part or Insufficiently Paid Incoming Mail – The Jack Blanc Collection
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-> Sitting Helvetia imperf. 'Strubel'
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Lot# : 7287 Sitting Helvetia imperf. 'Strubel'
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Switzerland 1859 (June 13): Entire letter from Chêne to Villefranche, bearing Strubel 15 rp. rose and 20 rp. orange, two fresh examples with good to enormous margins for the 20 rp., touched on two sides for the 15 rp., both tied by clear CHENE despatch cds, PD in circle French "SUISSE LYON" entry cds in red and framed "AFFRANCHISSEMENT INSUFFISANT" handstamp alongside. Reverse with Genève and Lyon transit and Villefranche arrival (June 14) cds's. Correctly franked with 35 rp. for a first rate entire from the 1st Swiss rayon to the residual departments, but reweighing gave an eight gram and therefore the second weight rate. Taxed as unpaid with '8' décimes.Starting bid : 75 CHFHammer price : 75 CHF -
