PHILIPPINES-SAXONY: 1858, Entire letter from Manila to Limbach, showing on front red oval "FORWARDED BY WM PUSTAU & Co. HONG KONG" next to small crowned "PAID AT HONG KONG", on reverse dispatch mark "HONG-KONG 14 MR 1858". The letter was part-paid with "1/-" in red crayon; for the conveyance from Alexandria to Saxony taxed with blue boxed "6¼" (groschen), in Saxony taxed "6 3" for 6 neugroschen and 3 pfennig to be paid by the recipient. A fine and scarce letter (Image)

PHILIPPINES-SWEDEN, 1861, Entire double rate letter (quadruple for the British share) from the Swedisch/Norwegian consulate at Manila to Stockholm with frontside red forwarding agent handstamp "RUSSEL & STURGIS MANILA" and adjacent "HONGKONG PAID JA 30 61", on reverse transit marks of Berlin and Hamburg (Prussian and Swedish post offices). The letter was prepaid with "4/-" till Alexandria, for the conveyance from Alexandria to Hamburg charged with "12" silbergroschen. Since the addressee was a governmental body, the postage due amount was included in the quarterly statement to the GPO at Stockholm and not marked on the letter. A remarkable and rare letter from Eastern Asia to Sweden. Provenance: Kersti & Bertil Larsson collection (364. Heinrich Köhler-auction, 2017) (Image)