Lot 1442
Danish West Indies, 1874 (May 14) St. Thomas, D.W.I. to Gottingen, Germany, light gray cover bearing Great Britain 2d blue, 1s green tied by clear strike of "St. Thomas, Paid, MY 14 '74" duplex with "C51" barred oval, red "London, Paid, 29 MY 74" transit cds, German (5.30) arrival backstamp; 2d faulty, otherwise Very Fine and scarce use to Germany.Estimate $500 - 750.
The 1s2d prepaid rate from the British Post Office at St. Thomas to Germany was effective from 1871 to 1874.