Los-Nr. 4041

16 øre brown/grey and 4 øre blue/grey in fresh colour and well perforated (corner perf of 4 øre turned around by cancelling), tied by numeral "238" to envelope with adjacent lapidar handstamp "THORSHAVN 7/8" to Paris 'Poste Restante' with adjacent blue transit mark "DANEMARK 2 ERQUELINES 12 AOUT 78". The letter was not asked for and returned in May of the following year with reverse side straight line "Non Reclamé" and faint Thorshavn arrival mark, re-addressed to Copenhagen, the 4 øre additionally cancellec by numeral "238" and lapidar "THORSHAVN 8/5" applied; Copenhagen arrival mark of 16.5.1879. A fabulous and most attractive cover of the øre issues used on the Faroe Islands; the earliest recorded franked letter to the European continent (excluding Scandinavia) and the most important cover of the b-coloured issue used on the Faroe Islands. Certificate Moeller (2003)