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LARGEST KNOWN FRANKING TO FRANCE FROM THIS PERIOD1871
LARGEST KNOWN FRANKING TO FRANCE FROM THIS PERIOD

1871 (16 Oct.) Quadruple weight folded cover to Bordeaux/France, franked by ELEVEN 1866 10k and two 1k, perf. 14 1/2, on horizontally laid paper, tied by RIGA cds, French PRUSSE ERQUELINES 18 JUIN 69 entry-cds, ms "4" for "Prussian" quadruple-weight (45 to 60gr.) and ms "7" for "French" septuple-weight (45 to 52,5gr), ms "22"Sgr accountancy marking of which 15 3/4Sgr going to France and 1 3/4Sgr going to Belgium, attractive franking mounted on exhibition page