Lot 4026
1868, Oval type 4 skilling red, perf. 13x12½, 2 copies, tied by numeral "238", with adjacent lapidar date stamp "THORSHAVN 11/9"(1870) to entire letter to Copenhagen with arrival mark. Very fresh condition, the stamps in a nice deep shade, the right stamp with minor perforation fault, otherwise very fine. The only recorded 1868 8 skilling franking from the Faroe Islands. Certificate Moeller AIEP (2003)
Provenance: Per Erik Knudsen (2004)
