Lot no. 6697

1855, Unpaid lettersheet from "QUEBEC JUL 16 1855" endorsed "via Boston pr" "America" to Stockholm via London and Hamburg; originally struck "8 d Stg." deleted by target; in Hamburg taxed with total 13 3/4 sgr.; since the recipient was a governmental body, the postage due amount in Sweden was simply included in the quarterly statement to the GPO; an interesting and scarce letter