Lot 6050
4 cents ultramarine in horizontal pair and 3 cents carmine-rose, tied by target to lettersheet (one sideflap missing and address largely cut out) with adjacent "ST. THOMAS 27/8 1873" and red French entry mark "ALLEMAGNE PAQ. AMB. A". The 3 cents applied with faulty perforation at right, otherwise fine and fresh. This is the only recorded cover with pair of the 4 cents stamp and one of 5 entires recorded with this stamp in private collections.
Provenance: Illustrated in Engstrom 'Danish West Indies Mails' page 6-14 and DuBois 'Danish West Indies Mails' page 24
