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Forwarded
With Prussia, neat mourning cover to Consul General Shepard at
Frankfurt, Germany, 24c lilac (#78) used with two copies 2c black (#73),
"Buffalo NY Sep 3" postmark, red "N. York Br Pkt 7 Paid Sep
5" exchange handstamp, carried by the Norg German Lloyd Line steamer Union,
blue "Verviers Coeln 18/9/1" three line backstamp and Frankfurt
arrival backstamp, forwarded within Frankfort with Prussia 1kr green
1867 issue (Scott #27) tied by "Frankfort A/M Bahnhof 17/9"
postmark, 1867 docket at left, ex Weiland, a handsome and rare
usage, a highlight of the collection |
$20,000 |
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Forwarded With Great
Britain, Quaker dated folded letter from "Marple" of June 6,
1862 with 24c red lilac (#70) tied, carried by Cunarder Europa to
Liverpool with "Ju 22 62" arrival backstamp, addressed to Brown,
Shipley & Co., Liverpool and re-mailed by them to London with
their small oval handstamp and Great Britain 1d red (Scott #18)
tied by "Liverpool Ju 23 62" duplex postmark, ex Hyzen and
Haas, an attractive combination |
$1,500 |
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Usage From British
Columbia, double circle General Post Office British Columbia 2 Sep
1865 origin backstamp on cover to Austria, matching PAID
handstamp on front indicating Colonial Postage Paid, 24c lilac (#78) and
pair 2c black (#73) United States stamps applied there, entered the US
mails at San Francisco on September 11, 1865 with stamps tied by cog
cancels, red "N York Br. Pkt Paid 7 Oct 2" exchange office
datestamp, two different "Wien 18 10" arrival backstamps, the
only reported example used to Austria |
$6,500 |
