29 Aniline Pink [1882 25 penni perf 12.5 4-Numeral] (VF) on 31 July 1884 cover with blue NYSTAD 2-ring cancel and with blue carved "cork" cancel (which may have been Nystad or perhaps a smaller community -- in the cork cancel book it is without attribution). Transiting ÅBO, across the Bay of Bothnia (probably via Åland), to Stockholm. Bears Swedish "PKXP No 5C" railway transit postmark, probably taking it on its way to Göteborg or Malmö, from where it was put on a ship TO NEW YORK. Addressed to seaman on the Finnish bark AALTO under the command of Captain Ahlsten, IN CARE OF THE RUSSIAN CONSULATE in New York. A beautiful cover and very scarce in respect to the a) unusually nice quality; b) scarce usage of cork cancellation on cover; and c) the "seaman letter" usage via the consulate.
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