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Lot# 3075 - Auction 291-297

  • Lot# : 3075 Denmark

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    Catalogue# : 3+5+6+9
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    1863 (Nov 23): Cover from Kiel to Amsterdam, bearing 1854 Skilling 2 s. blue, 8 s. green & 16 s. grey-violet in combination with 1863 rouletted 4 s. brown, four fine and fresh examples with good to large margins all round (two adhesives with marginal pre-use cuts), tied by indistinct '170' numeral of the Holsteinische Eisenbahn Postbureau in black (Facit = 2'500 skr.), a matching but indistinct despatch cds and a framed FRANCO handstamp alongside. Reverse with Danish "K.D.O.P.A. HAMBURG" (Nov 23), oval HAMBURG (Nov 23) transit datestamps as well as AMSTERDAM arrival (Nov 24) cds in red. The weiterfranko of '5' (silbergroschen) was noted in red crayon on obverse including three sgr. for the GAPU and two sgr. for the Netherlands which were noted as '10' cents in manuscript on reverse. An item full of postal history coming from Holstein from the Holst correspondence, the franking paying correctly the 30 s. rate to the second rayon of the Netherlands, only about 20 covers to that destination with the skilling issue are known in the Facit catalogue. Lightest horizontal file fold well away from this attractive four colour franking just mentioned for accuracy. Cert. S. Kaiser (1981) Facit 3+5+6+9.rnProvenance: Collection Henry C. Gibson, Eugene Klein, New York, (March 1944).
    Starting bid : 750.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 750.00 CHF