Lot 6177
1855, Mourning envelope to Ystad, franked with 1853, 4 d. orange, cut to shape and tied by numeral "60" with adjacent clear red "POST-OFFICE LAUNCESTON AP 30 1855"; carried by private ship to the UK, where it was charged 8 d. incoming shipletter fee, the letter transported via Belgium to Hamburg, from here a total of "13 3/4" sgr. was charged to the Swedish post, in Ystad converted to 41 sk. 3 rst. and 15 sk. added for the conveyance from Hamburg; the recipient was finally charged with 1 Rdr 8 sk. 3 rst.; a fine and rare letter, the only recorded letter from Van Diemen's Land to Sweden
