Lot no. 1454

1855, Pedro 25 r. blue, cut to shape, tied by barred "42" with adjacent straight-line "SETUBAL" to entire letter, written on board the ship 'Witch' 1855 to Skien, Norway, part paid to the French border and taxed with "26" skilling upon arrival. On front transit mark "SANDOSUND 11/6". A rare early franked cover to Scandinavia.