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#78b, 24c Gray, tied
to 1868 Rathbone correspondence folded entire to Liverpool by bright red
New York Foreign Mails cancel and "New York Paid All Jul 15"
datestamp, matching Supplementary Mail boxed handstamp, the rate to
Great Britain was 12c beginning January 1, 1868, this supplementary mail
service cost a fee equal to the postage so 12c fee plus 12c postage for
24c total, carried on Cunard Line steamer China, "Liverpool 25
JY 68" arrival backstamp, file fold, extremely fine |
$1,250 |
| 536 |
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#99, 24c Gray "F"
Grill, tied to 1869 Rathbone
correspondence folded entire to Liverpool by bright red New York Foreign
Mails fancy cancel, red "New York Paid All Feb 10" datestamp,
matching Supplementary Mail boxed handstamp, the rate to Great
Britain was 12c beginning January 1, 1868, this supplementary mail service
cost a fee equal to the postage so 12c fee plus 12c postage for 24c total,
carried on Cunard Line steamer Russia, "Paid Liverpool US
Packet 20 FE 69" arrival, file fold, the only reported example of
this marking on a 24c "F" grill cover, ex Hyzen,
extremely fine |
$5,000 |
| 537 |
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Usage To Turkey, 1864
Washburn correspondence cover to Constantinople with 24c brown lilac
(#70a, scissors separated before affixing) tied in combination with pair
3c rose (#65) to cover by New York Foreign Mails geometric cancel, red
"N York Br Pkt Paid Jan 13" exchange datestamp and
"27" credit, endorsed per French Mail and correctly prepaid 30c
rate, carried by Cunard Line steamer Persia, red French Entry
"25 Jan 64" Calais datestamp and boxed "P.D."
handstamp, scarcer French Office in Constantinople arrival backstamp,
extremely fine |
$3,500 |
