Lot 30672 – 1862 Incoming mail from Switzerland, sent to Aleppo franked with 1857-60 Strubels

1862 Incoming mail from Switzerland, sent to Aleppo franked with 1857-60 Strubel 20 Rp orange with full margins and five 40 Rp green, with fresh colours and full margins, only one is short at top margin, all cancelled by clear strike of “BERN 21 Feb 1862” cds and single line postmark “ROGGWIL” and black “P.P”, although the cover is underfranked no postage due was applied, only the Urs Hermann certificate speculates that the underpaid rate is due to missing stamps. Right hand side of the envelope roughly opened. Backstamps include “Marseille 22 Fevr. 62” and Turkish arrival 2 Mars 62. Only two covers franked with classic imperforate stamps of Switzerland are known sent to Syria and this franking is unique; cert. Berra-Gautschy (2006), Marchand (2009) and Urs Hermann.