3¢ Ultramarine (114), used with 10¢ Green, F. Grill (96), matching circular cork cancels, "Charleston S.C. Sep. 23" (1869) circular datestamp on yellow cover to Liverpool, England, and forwarded with Great Britain 1869 6p Lilac (51) to Dresden, Germany, red "Paid Liverpool U.S. Packet 6 Oct 69 2B" transit datestamp, 6p tied by Liverpool duplex datestamp and "466" oval (October 6), "Brown, Shipley & Co. Liverpool" double-line oval forwarder's handstamp, London (October 7) backstamp, U.S. stamps tied by blue "Aus England Per Aachen Franco 7/10" (October 7) double-circle transit datestamp, German transit and receiving backstamps, stamps with some slight perf toning, 10¢ with a couple tiny margin flaws, still Very Fine, a beautiful and rare mixed-issue/mixed-country franking cover, from our 1996 Rarities sale, with 1986 P.F. certificate

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