Lot 1010
1870 (8 Apr.) folded letter from Borgå to London (14.4) via St. Petersburg (11.4), bearing 1866-74 roulette III, 1mk yellow brown (11, Fa. 10 C3) and 5p laid paper (12, Fa. 5 v1C3), cancelled Borgå c.d.s., oblong-boxed "FR.KO." and red boxed "P.D." handstamps, red manuscript "5" (Sgr.) credit to Prussia; 5p with two slightly short teeth, 1m with all teeth intact, Very Fine and very rare. The 1.05 mark was equivalent to 26 kopeks, a convenient repayment of the 1.04 mark rate via Prussia. Facit SKr 130,000 ($13,000).
Estimate 10,000 - 15,000
THE 1MK IS VERY RARE ON COVER AND ESPECIALLY SO IN CHOICE CONDITION SUCH AS THIS.
Expertization: 1998 Gummesson Certificate.
Provenance: Mertens (I), Fabergé
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