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Yvert 1(16). 1860. 5 cent blue (Plate IV), fifteen stamps (four with file fold) and 5 cent blue (Plate VI) on thin paper. ROTTERDAM to LONDON (GREAT BRITAIN), stamps partially toned and cover fold in the middle (the stamp of plate VI, 2nd from top left letter does not belong originally to this letter, but has been added later to replace a heavily damaged plate IV). Cancelled with ROTTERDAM datestamp and arrival on front. MAGNIFICENT AND ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR FRANKING OF THE 5 CENT AND VERY RARE. (NVPH 1n, 1r). Cert. Dr. LOUIS. Ex-Burrus (1963) and Comte de Meeûs (1976).