Sale 1144 — Smithsonian National Postal Museum Benefit Auction
Sale Date — Tuesday, 13 December, 2016
Category — 1851-56 Postal History: Foreign Mail
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12c Black (17). Horizontal pair, large to ample margins with framelines all around, intense shade, tied by bold "Chicago Ill. Jul. 18, 1856" circular datestamp on cover to U.S.S. Constellation at Spezzia, Sardinia, bold red "New-York Am. Pkt. Jul. 19" and French transit datestamps, manuscript "10" due marking, transit and receiving (Aug. 1856) backstamps, with copy of original enclosure, left stamp small corner crease at bottom left ending in tiny tear, still fresh and Very Fine, scarce use of 12c 1851 overpaying the 21c rate by 3c, carried on the Collins Line's Baltic, which departed New York July 19, 1856 and arrived Liverpool July 30, with 2002 P.F. certificate
E. 1,000-1,500
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