Lot 30254 – 1850 France, Ceres 25c light blue used in combination

1850 France, Ceres 25c light blue used in combination with Bavaria 9kr yellow green on entire letter from Kissingen to Chandai, France, both stamps struck by neat strikes of numeral 159 cogwheel with Kissingen 4/8 semi circle pm to right, also French entry handstamp in red double circle Bavière Forbach 8 Aout 52 and on back Paris red and black double circle of the same date. The 9kr paid postage to the German border Forbach, with the 25c paying the French inland rate; the 25c is just in at top otherwise extremely fine, fresh, and attractive, a stunning and unique combination cover and a top rarity of France and Bavaria, certificates Pfenninger (1957), Schmitt (1993) and Scheller (2024), signed Köhler.