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lot # 6096 - europe finland
Coastal Ships - Helsingfors Area - J.J. af Lindfors 1893.: S.S. Östra, 10 penni black on rose-lilac wove paper (lithographed and punched out individually), Type II with large five pointed star, used on Finland 10 p. rose postal stationery card from Munkholmen (July 7) via Helsingfors and St. Petersburg, cancelled by 'honeycomb' circular handstamp twice in bluish-violet ink. Helsingfors cds (July 8), St. Petersburg cds and Paris arrival in blue. Card creased but very rare - only two Finnish Shipping Company covers addressed beyond Scandinavia are recorded.rnrn
Catalogue 261: Stamp Issuing Steamship Companies
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