10c Green, Type II (14). Horizontal strip of three, huge margins to just in at right, small corner crease at bottom left, used with two 1c Blue, Type IV (9) and 3c Dull Red, Type II (11A), 1c stamps tied by perfectly struck dark red "New Haven Con. Mar. 4, 1856" circular datestamp on buff cover to Switzerland, red "New-York Br. Pkt. Mar. 5" backstamp, carried on the Cunarder Asia from New York on that date, arriving Liverpool Mar. 18, large red "12" credit handstamp, red "AACHEN 19/3 FRANCO" framed transit datestamp (Mar. 19), blue manuscript rate ties 10c strip

VERY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL THREE-COLOR 1851-55 ISSUE FRANKING ON A COVER TO SWITZERLAND, PAYING THE 35-CENT RATE BY PRUSSIAN CLOSED MAIL.

Ex Haas and Giamporcaro ("Tito"). With 1980 and 1999 P.F. certificates

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