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1860 commercial letter with printed text, headed "Bergen in Norwegen, 1 November 1859", franked with 10k brown & blue, perf. 12 1/2, addressed to Pernau. The letter was sent unfranked from Bergen, Norway and bears the oval "J.H.Fasner & Sohn, Bergen" merchant's cachet in oval. The 10k adhesive was added in Riga and canceled by "38" in circular dots, with boxed "2 Jan 60" transit, dispatch and "Polucheno" arrival datestamps, fine and undoubtedly unique letter from Norway, with Russian adhesive added in Riga
Estimate: $2500