Lot 5029
1853, Double rate lettersheet from "FAABORG 15/8 1853" to Bø, franked with vertical pair FIRE R.B.S., plate 1, cut along the frame line at top, otherwise wide margins, tied by numeral "15". A very fine and extremely rare letter, one out of 3 recorded FIRE R.B.S. covers to the Faroe Islands and the only one recorded with double rate
Provenance: Chris Mc.Gregor (1995), Peer Lorentzen (2004)
