EUROPE & OVERSEAS | Day 3

1857/59: 4 d. dull rose, two examples in a deep shade, margins to frame of design, used with 1 d. blue, all tied by oval barred obliterators to 1859 cover and part back, no side flaps, endorsed 'Via Marseilles' from Kandy to London. 'London / Paid' cds in red also tying the adhesives (Aug 1). Reverse with KANDY / POST PAID datestamp in red of despatch (June 25). Minor file folds well away from the extraordinarily rare adhesives, an attractive and extremely rare cover. Cert. RPSL (1989).
Katalog 234: EUROPA & ÜBERSEE