International Rarities - Volume 25

Finnland: 1887 Postal stationery envelope 20p. orange used registered from Kuopio to HONG-KONG via S
1887 Postal stationery envelope 20p. orange used registered from Kuopio to HONG-KONG via St. Petersburg and Brindisi, and returned as unclaimed, uprated by 1885 10p. red and 20p. orange tied by "KUOPIO/3/10/1887" cds, endorsed 'via Suez Canal and Singapore' in m/s, with "REKOMMENDERES." h/s in blue, boxed "R" label and boxed "Non réclamé./Unlaimed." alongside, and on the reverse with sender oval, St. Peterburg and Italian transit dater, "SINGAPORE TO HONG-KONG/B/NO 10/87" arrival cds and boxed "UNCLAIMED/NON RÉCLAMÉ" h/s, light lateral vertical folds but still fine. ONE OF ONLY FEW FINLAND COVERS TO OVERSEAS OF THE 19TH CENTURY.
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