Day 2- Europe & Overseas, Austrian Levant

Bohemia 1754 (Sept 13): Entire letter from Töplitz near Prague to Nancy, France via Cassel and Maseyck, struck with extremely rare PAR MASEYCK in black (Van der Linden fig. 2137, first and only year of use) applied in Sedan with 'Franco' deleted by "Cito" (Express) in manuscript. A plethora of rate markings in manuscript: Töplitz-Leipzig ( 2 groschen), then Leipzig-Cassel (3 gr.), Kassel-Warburg 1½ gr. with resulting '4½' in red ink at right, 14 Brabant sols and a final '22' sols to pay upon receipt. Rare.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas