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Portugal / Madeira * Maritime mail. Letter cover dated from Madeira (05.06.58) to Lisbon (08.06.58), with rate payable of 120 réis, handwritten in sepia “ Franquia 120” , plus 10% for the exchange rate difference between the hard currency of the Continent and the currency of Madeira. Postage paid by the sender, as was due for all correspondence sent by Subsidized Packets. Letter postmarked with blue stamps “PAID / POSTAGE” and “MADEIRA”, type LF FUN-PP1 and FUN4 from the pre-adhesive period, applied in Funchal and black stamp “FRANCA” applied upon arrival in Lisbon: Letter transported by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's TYNE.