German Empire – Company letter with 60 pfennig multiple franking – 1890

Year: 1890

Territory: German Empire / Imperial Post

Destination: Berlin

Recipient: Wm. Peters, Berlin C, Brüderstraße 3

Postage: 50 Pfennig + 10 Pfennig = 60 Pfennig

Special feature: Business letter with unusually high postage, handwritten tax/accounting markings, and company handstamp

Business letter from the German Empire dating from 1890, with an attractive two-color Imperial Post franking. Two individually affixed Imperial Post stamps are at the right of the envelope. Both stamps were canceled with clear circular date stamps dated April 12, 1890.

Postage

• -   50 Pfennig, dark red/brown
• -   10 Pfennig, red
• - 60 Pfennig postage in total

Special features

• -   large red accounting/tax marking
• -   blue handwritten marking
• -   additional black handwritten notes
• -   sender's company handstamp
• -   two different Imperial Post denominations

Condition

• -   typical folds and signs of use
• -   minor edge and corner wear
• -   slight paper aging
• -   small hole in the envelope
• -   contemporary handwritten markings 

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