Auction Series 257-264 in Zurich Day 4

Royal Mail Steam Packet Company 1875: 10 c. rose, perf. 12½, used examples (5) with two cancelled in manuscript and three examples with partial strikes of "JOH KOCK & Co. / LLOYD'S AGENTS / PTO. CABELLO" in black, one slightly discoloured but with small part 'Southampton' cds at base. One example illustrated in Ringström & Tester 'Private Ship Letter Stamps of the World' on page 131. A rare group.rnProvenance: Collection Julius Steindler, RL, Basel, 14 March 1972, two ex lot 591.
Catalogue 261: Stamp Issuing Steamship Companies