1857 (November 2): "Drottningbrev" double rate cover to the Hague,
franked with two 1855 6 sk. gray single examples, 24 sk.
1857 (November 2): "Drottningbrev" double rate cover to the Hague,
franked with two 1855 6 sk. gray single examples, 24 sk. vermilion
horizontal pair, tied to 1857 cover by Stockholm cds, the 6 sk.
further tied by boxed red "Franco" and faint indistinct red cds,
black "Franco" and red "Aus Schweden" origin mark on obverse.
Reverse with Stettin / Berlin transit and Gravenhage receiver (7
Nov), closed tear in right margin on the left hand 6 sk., cover has
been cleaned to return it to its original state, yet a remarkably
rare and attractive franking, its desirability further enhanced as
being from Crown Princess (later Queen) Louise of Sweden to her
governess Victoire Wauthier; see "Queen Louise's Correspondence" by
Tomas Bjäringer & Kent Ryen, cover number S7, illustrated on page
112. Cert Obermüller Wilén (1990) Facit = 150'000 Skr. Provenance:
Derichs auction #56, 1967, lot 212; Stanley Gibbons, London, 19
April 1968, lot 257 (illustrated on the front cover of the
catalogue); Collection Lauson H. Stone, DF, Zurich, 1992, lot
80058; Collection Ingvar Petterson, DF, Geneva, 2007, lot 10115
