Sale 338
U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History including Collections & Accumulations
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Danish West Indies, Postal Card, 1877, 6¢ violet (Facit BK1), cancelled by "St. Thomas 1877" c.d.s. addressed to a passenger on a steamship; some light tropical aging lower left, Fine and rare. Scott UX1. Facit SKr 18,000 ($1,800),
ONE OF ONLY SIX RECORDED USED EXAMPLES OF THE 6¢ POSTAL CARD DURING 1877-78 PRIOR TO THE RATE CHANGE.
This was the first DWI postal card issued in 1877. The denomination of 6¢ was half the existing 12¢ letter rate. It was only valid until 1878, when the postal card rates were lowered to 2¢-3¢.
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