Lot 1220
1855, 4 sk. blue, horizontal strip of four and horizontal pair; the pair clear margins at top, otherwise good to mostly wide margins all around, each stamp cancelled by clear eleven bar cancellation on envelope with clear blue "BERGEN 7/9 1855" to Leipzig with transit marks of Hamburg and arrival mark on reverse; on front boxed "Aus Dänemark"; correct franking of 24 sk. of which 8 sk. were paid to Germany, marked with equivalent "3" Sgr. in red; an outstanding cover of the first issue, certificate BPA (1974)
