Lot 30237 – 1859 Dardenne 2d. blue in combination with 1859-61 Britannia 6d blue tied by barred oval cancels to 1860 (Feb 7) cover to India

1859 Dardenne 2d. blue, position 57, cut into on two sides, in combination with 1859-61 Britannia 6d blue, good to large margins, tied by barred oval cancels to 1860 (Feb 7) wrapper to India, reverse with GPO double circle despatch and bevelled framed “CALCUTTA / STEAMLETTER” arrival ds, minor cover faults with some fold reinforcement, very rare combination franking with a Dardenne, one of only two known, ex Schindler, Vikram Chand and “Tatiana”, cert. BPA (1995), signed Bühler