Lot 30152 – 1891 (June 3) Large burlap sack piece sent to the

1891 (June 3) Large burlap sack piece sent to the chief ornithologist at the British Museum in London, paying 26-times rate for parcel weighing 13oz plus registration, franked with 1889-1900 20pf pair and ten 50pf tied by the German Zanzibar cds, with manuscript registration label and London arrivals adjacent A fabulous item harking back to the days of explorers and the hunt for exotic animals, and one of the key items in this collection Provenance: Steernberg Note: Illustrated in Herbert Schrey, p.82, and DuBro fig.6.14