Los-Nr. 1173

1862, 9d. straw, plate 2, RG, and 1858, 2d. blue, plate 9, DE, tied by ‚W-21 / LONDON-W   AP 25 64 duplex cancellation to entire routed via France & Italy to the Vatican, Rome, with arrival marking ‚ROMA – VIA DI MARE  2 MAG 64‘ on reverse, a very rare letter to the Vatican! The sender of the letter was Nicholas Cardinal Wiseman (1802-1865), Archbishop of Westminster writing to George Talbot (1816-1886) an English curial official who had served as private secretary to Pope Pius IX., (Mi 21 + 17)