Lot 54

1861, 5c blue pair on folded cover, Hertogenbosch to Gilze en Rijen, folded cover, franked with lovely four-margin 5c horizontal pair, Plate V, tending towards a lighter shade, pleasing fresh colour, tied by two framed FRANCO handstamps in black, this type used exclusively from April 1, 1861, postmarked with fair Hertogenbosch c.d.s., to Rilze en Rijen, South Brabant, without backstamps, a lovely and fresh cover of exceptional visual appeal.