Lot 1416 Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1869 March 6d Mauve, Plate 8. An envelope sent from London to Leipzig, Germany dated March 15th 1869. Bearing a 6d Mauve stamp SG 108-9 Plate 8 (specialised cat J75(1). Tied sideways duplex SW 29 and horizontal oval LONDON S.W 2 MR 15 69 (CBP 7/12). With paid oval mark in red (CBP 9/63) And a hand written mark 'Affranchie' meaning stamped. In addition there is a double ring transit mark in blue FRANCO (AUS ENGLAND PER AACHEN) Dated 16 3 69. The back of the cover has the address for the sender - 5 Lowndes Street in the south west district of London. There is also an indistinct transit mark in black. The cover was sent from London to The Baron Freiher Von Tauchnitz in Leipzig. The Baron developed a business specialising in the publishing of English language books in Germany during the 19th century.