BASEL DOVE ON FORWARDED COVER FROM MONTREUX
1845 BASEL DOVE, bright blue, good to large margins all around, tied by double-circle cds BASEL 1 JANV 1848 on local folded cover from Montreux (dated 28 DEC 47), privately forwarded to Basel where it was put in the mail. A very rare example of a forwarded cover bearing a Basel Dove, illustrated on page 129 in the book „Baslertaube“ by Werner Herold (SBK N°8a CHF 50’000+)
Expertise: Cert. Von der Weid (1998)
Estimate : € 15’000 – € 20’000
Basler Taube, lebhaftblau, ringsum voll- bis sehr gut gerandet, an zwei Seiten entlang die Randlinie geschnitten, entwertet Doppelkreisstempel BASEL 1 JANV 1848 auf Faltbrief datiert innerseitig MONTREUX 28 DEC 47, zuerst nach Basel privat-befördert und dort frankiert, seltener „forwarded“ Brief, abgebildet auf Seite 129 in „Baslertaube“ Buch, Attest v.d.Weid
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