Lot no. 6603

Partly prepaid multi-rate letter dated Livorno (Toscana) July 12th 1816 and sent via Tirol and Bavaria with red "P.B." to Gothenburg where it arrived August 14th. The Swedish Postmaster in Lübeck, Mr.Grimm, struck the handstamp "LYBECK (three crowns) 5 Aug. 1816". This is the first swedish handstamp with datefigures and extremely rare. Three letters with this handstamp are known to exist in private hands.