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  • Lot# : 1108 St. Helena

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    1860: Entire letter prepaid to Heyer, Denmark via Hamburg, with manuscript '11d.' in red ink at upper right and oval ST. HELENA oval cachet in red (Jan 7) on reverse. Thence via London (March 3) with red datestamp on front and Hamburg with italic 'Fr.Hbg' in black at lower left (Van Der Linden fig. 1557, without frame) in black and Danish P.O. in Hamburg cds on reverse. Charged 9 skilling due in manuscript on arrival. An extremely rare entire that opens well for Exhibit display, neither the Ayre or Hibbert collections had an example of an early entire to this destination.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 460 CHF