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✉ ALEMANIA ANTIGUOS ESTADOS: BADEN. 1861. Insufficient prepaid cover, franked with imperf. 9 kr. on rose, plus perf. 6 kr. orange (Sc. 4, 13). Stamps tied by numeral "87" cancel, with MANNHEIM cds alongside. Front shows scarce B.3.K. BADEN debit marking, red octagonal BADE STRASB. / AMB. F. French entry cds, scarce FR/1 F76c FRANCO-BRITISH accountancy marking, plus READING arrival cds, and manuscript "1/" postage due marking. A rare mixed issue cover showing an exceptional array of scarce transit markings.