Los-Nr. 6044

GREAT BRITAIN (IRELAND) – TURKISH EMPIRE: 1856, small size postal stationery envelope 1 penny rose (oxydized) with embossed  issue 1 shilling green, cut to shape, used from "MAGHERA SP 9 1856" to Beirut. The postage of 13 pence, equal to 11 ¼ silbergroschen,  included 3 silbergroschen each Britisch and GPO share, 1  silbergroschen Belgian transit and 4 ¼  silbergroschen postage beyond Trieste. Very rare usage of the Postal Stationary 1d-pink envelope to Beirut, only one other usage recorded from the same correspondence.