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Lot 266

incoming stampless cover from Tournai, Belgium, mailed on December 18, 1854 and carried by steamer Asia from Liverpool on December 23, arrived in Boston January 4 where the next day a “Boston Br. Pkt. 5 Jan 5” datestamp was applied, sent to Marinette, Wisconsin before making it to its final destination, letter was prepaid 16 decimes in Belgium and marked 5c postage due in Boston, an additional 5c due was (unusually) charged in Marinette for a total of 10c due, very fine, an extremely rare incoming foreign cover forwarded to the Menomonee Indian reservation, ex-Mueller