Lot no. 6174

Italy: 1868, three-colour franking on folded cover, paying the 1l50c rate, cancelled with “13” dotted obliterator and postmarked Genova (28 Oct), endorsed “voie d’Inglaterra”, prepaid to London, with further “1.20” manuscript rate notation adjacent, struck on receipt by the British Post Office with red PAID c.d.s. (30 Oct), manuscript “1” (shilling) due, thence to St. Thomas, with c.d.s. arrival backstamp (16 Nov), horizontal fold clear of adhesives, a scarce early incoming cover.