Lot 1050
1895 (16 July) registered insured value declared parcel card to Berlin (26.8) "via Naples" and Chiasso (23.8), bearing Eagle 10pf red, 25pf orange, 50pf dull rose brown and 2m brownish purple vertical pair, cancelled by "Shanghai" c.d.s., with registration label and handstruck Lörrach Customs seal, Very Fine. Michel V37e, V47d, V49b.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
Provenance: Mizuhara
The charge for sending a parcel via Naples was 4 marks. This rate was introduced on 9 May 1893. The insurance charge for a value declared sending was 28 pfennig for each 240 marks, which in this case was rounded up to 85 pfennig.
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| Realized $1,600 |
