Lot 125
125
cover 1890 (10 Aug.) envelope posted on the day after Heligoland was ceded to Germany, to Homburg and bearing 5pg. (¾d.) bright lilac-carmine and green (II printing) and 25pf. (3d.) lilac-carmine and green cancelled by "HELGOLAND" single ring d.s. with arrival c.d.s. (12/8) on reverse. Possibly philatelic but attractive and unusual. M. 13b, 15. Photo

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cover 1890 (10 Aug.) envelope posted on the day after Heligoland was ceded to Germany, to Homburg and bearing 5pg. (¾d.) bright lilac-carmine and green (II printing) and 25pf. (3d.) lilac-carmine and green cancelled by "HELGOLAND" single ring d.s. with arrival c.d.s. (12/8) on reverse. Possibly philatelic but attractive and unusual. M. 13b, 15. Photo