Auction Series 257-264 in Zurich Day 4

Steam Launch "S.S. Östra Skärgården" owned by Jacob Julius af Lindfors (1831-1903).rnrnCoastal Ships - Helsingfors Area - J.J. af Lindfors 1893: S.S. Östra Skärgården, 10 penni black on rose-lilac wove paper (lithographed and punched out individually), Type I with eight pointed star, used on 1894 cover cancelled by clipping à la Afghanistan and originally addressed to Brandö. Cover readdressed on arrival with Finland 20 p. orange cancelled at Helsingfors (July 22) to Mariehamn in the Aland Islands. Again forwarded from there with further Finland 5 p. green tied by Mariehamn cds (July 24) and thence to Stockholm. Illustrated in Dr. Connell 'The Letter and Parcel Stamps of the Finnish Shipping Companies' on page 63. An extraordinary cover.
Catalogue 261: Stamp Issuing Steamship Companies