Lot 6085
Disinfected, pierced and fumigated, letter dated June 22nd 1831 and sent from Horsens (Denmark) to Gothenburg. Manuscript notations "frco Helsingör" and postage due notation "9 sk 6 rst". In 1830 a cholera epidemic broke out in China and spread rapidly to Europe and sweden. Arriving mailbags should be submerged into the sea, the letters taken out with tongs, dipped in vinegar, died between linnen cloths, perforated with nails and then disinfected in fumes of sulphuric acid.
