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lot # 6098 - europe finland
Coastal Ships - Helsingfors Area - J.J. af Lindfors 1893.: S.S. Östra, 5 penni black yellow paper (lithographed and punched out individually), Type III with small five pointed star, two examples used on cover to Helsingfors, each cancelled by 'honeycomb' circular handstamp twice in bluish-violet ink. A truly exceptional usage with just two covers recorded thus. Illustrated in Dr. Connell 'The Letter and Parcel Stamps of the Finnish Shipping Companies' on page 67.rnrnProvenance: Collection Jacobus Sundman.
Catalogue 261: Stamp Issuing Steamship Companies
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