Los 6204
"87" Postage due charge mark on partly prepaid folded letter with contents postmarked Rome (Papal States) May 24th 1862 and sent to Stockholm. Transit cancel red Marseilles on front. Letters entering Italy from the Papal states were treated as unpaid letters. The postage from the Papal states via France was 102 öre. This letter had originally an adhesive that has later disappeared from the bottom right-hand corner, this missing stamp corresponded to 15 öre, the remaining postage was 87 öre. Four letters are known to exist with this type of "87" charge mark.
