Los 5038
4 sk. red/grey as additional franking on postcard 2 sk. blue, tied by cds. "THORSHAVN 3/6" (1871,date inverted), addressed to Thorshavn; the text on reverse (partly faint) shows the card was written on a ship from Denmark; it is overfranked by 2 sk., a very rare item of postal stationery to the Faroe Islands, the earliest recorded date of the Lapidar cancel with inverted date and the earliest recorded incoming shipmail with Faroe cancel. Card little unfresh with tiny tear at top fixed; certificate Wowern (1992)
