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1862 N° 11 “20c. blue” and N° 12 “40c. carmine pink” (4x), fold line across N° 11 and 1 of N° 12, not fully margined, from Antwerp, dated 2 June 1862, to Turin (Italy), triple charge (weight 17gr.) of “1fr. 80c.”, ‘PD’ in a black frame, handwritten ‘Inclus échantillon sans valeur’, rarely seen on international post, route via France ‘Voie de France’, this letter is included in the book ‘Foreign destination handbook’ by Dr Jan Huys and Pierre Kaiser, superb