1859, Eagle 10 c. yellow-brown, vertical pair and single, and Sage 40 c. red-orange, one 10 c. close at bottom otherwise good to large margins all around, all neatly tied by cds. “TAITI (OCÉANIE) PAPEETE 11 DEC. 78” repeated alongside, to envelope to Germany, endorsed “via san Francisco” with blue entry cds. “TAITI V.E.U. T ANGL PARIS FEVR. 79”, on reverse arrival. Cover opened on three sides and with faults, two cissors cut rebacked and some staining, still an exceptionally rare mixed franking Eagle-Sage from a most unusual origin, correctly franked at the double weight step rate (UPU tariff of 1st May 1878), signed Scheller with his certificate (2024)
