Lot no. 8089

1863: Turin printing 10 c. orange and London printing 30 c. brown in a horizontal pair, one crossed by light file fold, used on 1872 entire letter from Venice via Brindisi to the German merchant F. Peil in Hong Kong, tied by dotted 196 numeral obliterators in black with Venice cds alongside (Sept 27). Reverse with Brindisi cds and fair HONG KONG / MARINE SORTER / SINGAPORE TO HONG KONG datestamp (Nov 6) in black. A scarce destination. Cert. E. Diena (1988). F.Peil was a German merchant in Hong Kong, employed by the German Krupp Steel company in 1866 after Krupp having failed to sell 1.000 cannonsto China. F.Peil originally specialized in the import & export of wines and spirits. At the end of 1870 the Chinese Government finally purchased 191 Krupp cannons.