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FRAME 16 SWEDEN 1862-1866 THE LYING LION TYPE

Type II perforation tool of 1865 3 Öre d. Orange‐brown

First Printed Matter rate from STOCKHOLM 18.7.1870 to Norway

2 x 3 Öre = 6 Öre paying the correct first (one quarter of the rate for a letter of equal weight)
printed matter rate to Norway (6 Öre in force from 1.1.1860 until 31.2.1879).

First Letter Mail rate from STOCKHOLM 3.8.1872 to Switzerland

3g 3g 3d 3g 24

Combined and mixed franking, 3 Öre + 3x3 Öre (g) greyish orange‐brown + 24 Öre Circle Type
perf. 14 (e) orange‐yellow = 36 Öre paying correct first (≤ 15 gram) letter mail rate (36 Öre in
force from 1.4.1869 until 30.9.1873) via North Germany to Switzerland.