Lot no. 8092

PHILIPPINES-SAXONY: 1858, Entire letter from Manila to Limbach, showing on front red oval "FORWARDED BY WM PUSTAU & Co. HONG KONG" next to small crowned "PAID AT HONG KONG", on reverse dispatch mark "HONG-KONG 14 MR 1858". The letter was part-paid with "1/-" in red crayon; for the conveyance from Alexandria to Saxony taxed with blue boxed "6¼" (groschen), in Saxony taxed "6 3" for 6 neugroschen and 3 pfennig to be paid by the recipient. A fine and scarce letter