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1858, 30 ö. brown, 3 copies with single 9 ö. violet, tied by cds. "KONGELF 6 8 1864" to reverse of opened-out envelope via Hamburg, Triest and Alexandria to Hong Kong with all transit and arrival marks; the cover is paid to Alexandria, the remaining postage of 1/- noted on front, to be collected from the recipient. Due to rough opening the reverse flap including large part of 9 ö. missing, one of the 30 ö. missing lower right corner and tear at top, the other two 30 ö. in quite fine condition; despite the faults a remarkable entire. This is the only known cover of Classic Sweden to Hong Kong. Provenance: Klaus Michtner
