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Auction: 3025 - Stamps & Covers of the World & Stamp Boxes
Lot: 1175

†Denmark Postal Stationery Cards and Reply Paid Cards 1885 Provisional Essay "5/øre" in black Block type on 6ö brown; some slight thinning on reverse otherwise fine. Unique. Photo Estimate £ 300-400 Note: In preparation for the new rate to Scandinavia, and to retain Postcard colour of brown, surplus stock of the existing 6ö Sacndinavia Cards, were to be devalued by surcharging. The decision to surcharge was late waived and definitive 5ö Postcards were issued 1st April 1888. This and the following lot are the only recorded examples. provenance: Ringstrom Museum

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