1874, folded letter with Bache & Co’s Freight Report printed contents, internally printed “Per ‘Elbe’”, perforated 2d blue, plate 14, partially affixed overtop “Printed Circular” manuscript endorsement, postmarked with “St. Thomas PAID” C51 duplex (28 Oct), to Arendal, Norway, fresh and fine; printed matter mail from the Danish West Indies is very scarce, with Dubois recording approximately thirteen examples between 1865-76.
Provenance:
Collection Glassco, Robson Lowe, 25-27 November, 1969, lot 770
Collection “Windsor”, Harmers New York, 28 October 1983, lot 742
