Lot 6175
1856, Entire unpaid letter from British PO "SAN JUAN PORTO RICO MR 29 1856" via England and Hamburg to Stockholm; British share of "1/7" charged to the German Postal Union, in Hamburg a total of "19½" sgr. charged to Sweden; since the recipient was a governmental body, the amount was simply included in quarterly statement to the G.P.O. in Stockholm; a very scarce letter, only 4 unpaid letters are recorded from Puerto Rico to Sweden
