Lot 20165 – RARE DESTINATION TO RUSSIA / FINLAND: 1859 Dardenne 2d intense blue on cover to Uleaborg

EXTREMELY RARE DESTINATION TO RUSSIA (FINLAND)

2d intense blue shade, very close at bottom to very large margins, position 69, tied by superb circular ‘PAID’ hs, on 1860 folded entire from Port Louis via Suez and Marseille to Uleaborg, Russia (now Finland), with red maritime Suez transits and “2” manuscript marking, alongside, vivid deep colour, a stunning showpiece and apparently a unique destination usage

Rate: 2d postage on priced catalogues mailed outward by Packet Letter under Article 7 of the Postal Ordinance No. 1 of 1850

Provenance: Vikram Chand, neatly mounted on exhibition page

Expertise: Cert. Peter Holcombe (1988), David Brandon (2007)