10c Green, Ty. III (15). Horizontal strip of three from the left pane, large margins including interpane margin and centerline at right, deep rich color and proof-like impression, each stamp neatly cancelled by manuscript "X", partly clear strike of "Fernando de Taos N.M. Oct. 15" (ca. 1857) New Mexico Territory double-line circular datestamp, magenta manuscript "30c" confirming payment of 30c Prussian Closed Mail rate on yellow cover to Berlin, Germany, Friedmann correspondence, sender's route directive "via New York to Germany", red "N.York Br. Pkt. 7 Paid Nov. 17" 7c credit datestamp, red "AACHEN 1/12 /FRANCO" framed handstamp (Dec. 1), receiving backstamp (Dec. 2), negligible sealed tear in right sheet margin well clear of design

VERY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING 10-CENT 1855 ISSUE COVER FROM NEW MEXICO TERRITORY TO GERMANY BY PRUSSIAN CLOSED MAIL.

This is an extremely rare 10c 1855 Issue cover from New Mexico Territory to an overseas destination -- it is probably the only one to Germany and the only one from Taos. Based on the New York British Packet November 17 datestamp, this was probably carried on the Cunarder Canada from Boston, departing November 18, 1857, and arriving at Liverpool November 29, which fits with the Aachen December 1 datestamp. The sender, although not indicated, was probably Solomon Beuthner, a German Jewish immigrant who established a well-known mercantile business in Taos in the 1850s (see lot 117). The mail from Taos was taken to Independence, Missouri, on the Hall-Hockaday stagecoach line, which added a mid-month departure starting in July 1857.

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