1872, folded letter with printed contents, franked with 2d blue, plate 13, tied by bold strike of C51 vertical barred numeral, adjacent “St. Thomas PAID” c.d.s. in red (29 Feb), blue commercial handstamp of Costa Hermanos & Co, to Genova, Italy, a fresh and fine solo franking paying the less common printed matter rate.
Provenance:
Collection Georg D. Mehrtens, 2006
