Padang. 1870, 10 cent brown on superb printed matter envelope sent to Enschede, the Netherlands; perfect stamps tied by well-placed Padang half-round franco postmarks 1.10 1871 with an additional strike on the front. Manuscript “Via Brindisi” on front and red cachet of Boon Intveld & Co. Padang. Enschede arrival 18.11 1870 on back. Pre-UPU printed matter to the Netherlands via Brindisi was 10 cent Dec. 1869-May 1876.
A SUPERB PRINTED MATTER PRE-UPU RATE TO THE NETHERLANDS. CONTAINING A COMPLETE PRICE CIRCULAR. A RARE ITEM IN IMMACULATE CONDITION. EXHIBITION ITEM.
A letter from the well-known correspondence between merchants Boon Intveld in Padang and Elderink and Sons in Enschede, containing the complete price list of products for sale, as well as list of arriving and departing vessels (and their cargo) to the port of Padang. An exceptional item of real historical significance.
Provenance: Van Dieten Voerman Collection, Jan. 1995, lot 305.
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