Lot 6197
"3 Rdr. 26 Sk." Postage due charge mark on unpaid fivefold rate cover without contents sent from Constantinopel (Turkey) September 29th 1858 via Marseille, Paris, Hamburg and Helsingborg to Wenersborg. The Postmaster wrongly calculated the postage as 2 Rdr 24 Sk and as no handstamp was available for such a high amount he used the handstamp for 1 Rdr. 24 Sk and filled in a "2" in manuscript in front of the cancel, but he noticed his mistake and crossed it over. The correct due was 3 Rdr. 26 Sk. No handstamp was available for this amount either, so he improvised once more and partly used a handstamp and partly handwrote the correct postage due. Transit cancels on reverse: "MARSEILLE XY OCT. 58", "MARSEILLE A LYON 6 OCT. 58 D", "PARIS A QUIEVRAIN 7 OCT. 58" and "*K.S.P.A.* HAMBURG 9 10 1858". Very high postage due charge mark for a letter from abroad.
