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XX. The Danish post office I Y4 Schilling (Mi7) in mixed franking. Only two recorded
Rare 6 Skilling cover. "Known in only two or three examples
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0 0 2"d August 1865, Entire letter sent during the period with no postal agreement from Kiel to
Randers in Denmark. Paid to the border with 11,4 Schlllinge (Mi7) cancelled with three ring numeraJ
170. Paid from the border with Danish 4 Skilling stamp, saving 2 Skilling since a charge of six Skilling
would have been made. Damaged, but one of only two recorded ..
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0 0 9th December 1865, Wrapper sent to Lysholm on Als with 4 Skilling crown and sceptre and
1855 2 Skilling cancelled with duplex 181 from the Sjrelland railway.
The six Skilling rate was in use from I st August 1865 until 31 st December 1874. This combination of
stamps is known in fewer than five examples. (E)
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