Lot 6649 365 / September 2017 - 6649

1853, Unpaid letter marked "ST.P.A. BREMEN 9" to Gefle and sent via Hamburg and Ystad, charged "2" sgr. for the internal postage and "21" skilling charged in Sweden. 21 skilling was the rate for letter from Bremen via Denmark (the usual way) to any place in Sweden, whereas letters via Stralsund and Ystad cost 24 sk. From June till October 1853 there was a cholera outbreak in Denmark, so that apparently letters were transported via Stralsund and Ystad at the cheaper rate. An interesting and very scarce letter