Los-Nr. 8176

1867: Cover at single rate from Gravenhage to Samarang endorsed ‚Franco‘ at left bearing 1864 10 c. carmine and a wonderful horizontal strip of four 15 c. orange-yellow all tied by three strikes of framed FRANCO in black. ‚'sGravenhage‘ cds below (Feb 25) in red with ‚Samarang‘ arrival cds (April 7) in red on reverse. 10 c. with minor corner perf. repair, opening tears to reverse flap repaired to protect the adhesives at top, a splendid and exceptional second issue franking. Only 7 covers recorded to date of the 1864 issue to Dutch East India (Corinphila Netherlands Archive/Global Philatelic Network). Cert. Dr. A. Louis (1988). Willem Karel Baron van Dedem (1839-1895) was a Dutch advocat and liberal politician of the ‚Liberale Linie‘. From 1856 – 1861 he studied at the University of Leiden and went to Dutch East India where he worked in the public administration of the colony. 1862 he started working as an advocat in Semerang. 1873 he returned to the Netherlands. From 1891 – 1894 he was appointed Minister for the Colonies in the cabinett of Gijsbert van Tienhoven. Provenance: Gerrish Collection (1979) 237 Heinrich Köhler Auction (1982)