Lot 10078 – 1869 (Mar 8). Cover from Copenhagen to St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, with 1864-70 3sk, 4sk and strip of three 16sk

Denmark. 1869 (Mar 8). Cover from Copenhagen to St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, with 1864-70 3sk, 4sk and strip of three 16sk tied by « 1 » concentric circle cancel, paying 55sk rate by British packet (equivalent to 1s4d), carried via Prussia with « Franco » hs at lower left, London transit with « 1s » in red crayon for carriage from Southampton onboard RMSPC SS « Atrato », with St. Thomas MR 31 69 arrival on reverse, the 3sk and 4sk with defects and slight horiz. filing across stamps; a rare franking, rated R2 by Karsten Jensen (26-100 covers known); cert. Nielsen (2004).