Los-Nr. 6758

"108" Postage due charge mark on an unpaid letter dated Constantinopel (Turkish Ottoman Empire) January 13th 1859 and sent via Berlin and Hamburg to Stockholm. Arriving unpaid letters had to be charged the amount marked on the letter. In this case the Prussian post office in Hamburg had marked the letter "7" (Sgr) in blue, this was converted to 63 öre and 45 öre was added for the postage from Hamburg to Sweden. The total postage due became 108 öre, which was 3 öre lower than the paid rate from Sweden to Constantinopel, which happens very rarely.