3¢ Rose, C. Grill (83), horizontal strip of five, remarkably well-centered, right stamp has wide natural interpane margin, bright Rose shade with strong grills, used with 2¢ Black (73), corner slightly torn, tied by segmented cork cancels on buff cover to Darmstadt, Germany, faint red "N. York Paid 12 Hamb. Pkt Nov. 23" (1867) 12¢ credit datestamp, receiving backstamp, skillfully cleaned and strengthened along edges, stamps lifted and replaced (the strip is completely sound), Very Fine and outstanding C Grill multiple used at a very early date--probably the earliest transatlantic use of this grill and in our opinion the most outstanding C Grill cover extant, this is also the finer and earlier of two recorded covers from the same correspondence with strips of five of the 3¢ C Grill, ex Zoellner, with 1998 P.F. certificate

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