Lot 4002
1850 (11 Sept.) folded letter from Hugo Hahn in New Barmen to the Rhenish Missionary Society in Barmen, Prussia "via Belgique" and endorsed "P.P.", showing "General Post Office/Capetown" oval Crown handstamp, framed "America per England" handstamp in red applied at Aachen, and "Entlastet/Barmen" double-ring arrival date stamp (2.2), handstruck "19" in octagon, "8" for Cape internal double rate, "¼" British rating, and "162/3" Prussian silbergroschen, Very Fine early letter from this famous missionary.
Estimate 7,500 - 10,000
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