5¢ Red Brown (12), large margin at left to clear or just touched on other sides, used with 1¢ Blue, Type IV (9) and vertical pair of 12¢ Black (17), 1¢ three large margins and slightly in at top, 12¢ mostly clear, matching grid cancels, "Wilmington Del. Feb. 20" (1857) circular datestamp on cover to Schorndorf, Wurttemberg, Germany, red "N. York Am. Pkt. 7 Paid Feb. 21" 7¢ credit datestamp for Prussian Closed Mail--carried on the Ocean Line Washington, departing New York February 21, 1857, and arriving at Southampton March 7--red "AACHEN 8/3 FRANCO" (March 8) framed datestamp, German transit and receiving backstamps including Schorndorf (March 11), docketed with name of sender and state of origin across lower half of cover tying 1¢ stamp, 12¢ bottom stamp has crease and tear, small piece of backflap removed, otherwise Fine, only two foreign-destination covers are recorded with this combination of 1851 Imperforate denominations, ex Mayer and Hackmey, illustrated in Frajola-Mayer, The United States Five Cent Stamp of 1856 (p. 113), with 2006 P.F. certificate

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