1897, 5c yellow-green & grey, inverted frame, horizontal strip of four, tied to cover by St. Thomas c.d.s. (15 Aug), endorsed “per Pretoria” in manuscript, to New York, United States, with c.d.s. arrival backstamp, violet oval sender’s cachet of Captain F. Becker, Superintendent of the Hamburg-America Packet Company, some faults to reverse from prior mounting, else a fine example of this double rate.
