Lot no. 168

1 m. brown-yellow in combination with 5p. carmine-brown on laid pale lilac paper, each in a very good shade, tied by cds. "BORGA 20 7 1870" with identical cancellation alongside to folded lettersheet via St. Petersburg to London with transit- and arrival mark on front, 5p. one short tongue, with partly overwritten address as usual for this correspondence, small fold at left not touching stamp, a very attractive and rare entire Provenance: 172. Grobe auction(1978)