Lot 1928 Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1877 (3 Jan) 2½d Rosy Mauve, Plate 5 (CC). Wrapper sent from London to Lampedusa near Palermo in Sicily dated 3rd 1877. Bearing 2½d rosy mauve SG141 (spec. J5). Tied London Inland District duplex diamond 84 and a circular date stamp DH LONDON JA3 77. Obverse with company mark for Heath and Co. Of London dated 3rd January 1877. Beckstamped many marks including two transit marks for Palermo in single rings in black PALERMO 7? 77, A numeral 6 in a black box, an indistinct receiving mark for Porto Empodocle which is a town on the coast of the strait of Sicily plus the remains of a waiver cancel. The letter was sent from the company of Heath and Company in London to Giovanni Tomasi in Lampedusa. Heath was a manufacturer of scientific instruments.