Lot 6173
1860, Partly prepaid envelope of "1½" lod with blue "BATAVIA FRANCO 8/5", endorsed "via Holland" to Wenersborg; the letter was prepaid to Singapore, from here it was mailed - against the endorsement on the cover - via the overland mail, Marseille, Paris and Hamburg, on arrival in Sweden the letter was charged with (French) triple rate with at total of "324" öre, additionally noted as "lösen 3 rd 24 öre"; an interesting letter with high postage due to the undemanded routing via France
