Lot 3040
Württemberg 3kr yellow orange (Michel 7), block of four, full margins to just in at bottom, cancelled four of five strikes "Ludwigsburg, 7/1, 59" c.d.s. on folded letter to Lachen, Switzerland (9.1) by rail via Stuttgart (7.1), Friedrichshafen (7.1) and Zurich (8.1), Extremely Fine and rare. Manuscript "wf 3" indicates 3kr credit to Switzerland (9kr internal postage). Scott 9.
Estimate 5,000 - 7,500
This block illustrates how closely the stamps were spaced on the plate and why four-margin stamps of the 1857 issue are so scarce.
Illustrated in Grobe/Henke.
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