Lot no. 610

12½ c. rose, horizontal strip of 3 and horizontal pair, one stamp of the pair slightly cut-in, otherwise all with good to wide margins, tied by 'losanges' to sealed registered envelope with adjacent cds. "ETTELBRUCK 19 NOV. 64" to Mainz with adjacent "PD"; the central stamp of the strip applied with surface scrub, the touched stamp of the pair with corner crease, otherwise in fine condition (slight ageing marks); an exceedingly rare multiple franking, apparently unique, sign. Goebel and certificate Böttger BPP Provenance: 'Melusina' (2012)