Lot no. 6279

Unpaid ship letter dated Lübeck December 30th 1870 and sent to Norrköping where the addressee paid the postage due (manuscript notation "27 öre" in blue crayon) by affixing normal stamps: 24 öre Coat-of-arms and 3 öre Lying lion type 2, both cancelled "NORRKÖPING 31.1.1871". Certificate HOW (1990) Letters with postage due paid by affixing normal adhesives are rare.