Sale 1026 — United States Stamps and Postal History, CSA, General Foreign

Sale Date — Wednesday-Thursday, 27-28 June, 2012

Category — 1861-68 Issues on Cover

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1827
c
Sale 1026, Lot 1827, 1861-68 Issues on Cover10c Yellow Green (68). Used with two 1c Blue (63) and 3c Rose (65), tied by grid cancels, red "N. York Am. Pkt. Paid Apr. 28" circular datestamp with date inverted on cover to Lucerne, Switzerland and forwarded to Basel, manuscript "16" credit crossed out and re-credited "4", blue "America/Uber Bremen/Franco" three-line handstamp just ties one 1c stamp, Lucerne and Basel backstamps, crayon due marking, left 1c stamp small tear, light horizontal bend thru the stamps, otherwise Very Fine, an interesting and vexing usage, apparently prepaid for the 15c rate to Bremen but the rate to Switzerland via Bremen-Hamburg mails was 19c, treated as fully prepaid in New York

E. 500-750
275