Auction 309-320 - Europe & Overseas - Day 6

Finland shipmail, costal ships of the Borgå area, Borgå - Helsinki Steamship Company 1884-1896c, 1894: 25 penni brown, type II, fresh colour, used with central pen stroke. Also Borgå Steamship Company 1891-1900, 1893, 25 penni deep dull blue, used with three-line cancel "ÅNGFARTYGET / 5 SEP 93 / BORGÅ", the earliest recorded date with the three-line cancellation, ex Fabergé; and 1893, 25 penni deep dull blue and 50 penni red, used with three-line cancel "ÅNGFARTYGET / 29 MAR 96 / BORGÅ", resp. "ÅNGFARTYGET / 11 MAJ 96 / BORGÅ".