12c Black (17). Two horizontal pairs and left sheet-margin single, margins to in, cancelled by manuscript "X", "Santa Fe N.M. June 1" (1852) circular datestamp on gray folded cover to Munich, Germany, carried by Waldo, Hall & Co. contract route 4888 from Santa Fe to Independence Mo., red "N. York Br. Pkt. Paid 14 Jun. 30" 14c credit datestamp, carried on the Cunarder Europa, departing New York June 30 and arriving Liverpool July 11, red "AACHEN 14/7 FRANCO" framed transit datestamp (Jul. 14), right stamp of top pair with small tear at right, right stamp of bottom pair small diagonal crease at bottom right

FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE USE OF FIVE 12-CENT 1851 ISSUE STAMPS FROM NEW MEXICO TERRITORY TO GERMANY, PAYING THE DOUBLE 30-CENT PRUSSIAN CLOSED MAIL RATE.

In 1846 the United States declared war on Mexico, and by 1848 the U.S. officially gained control over New Mexico through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. On July 1, 1852--one month after this was sent--a treaty was signed with the Apache where the tribe agreed to be governed by the laws of the United States. Very little mail, especially to foreign destinations, is known from this early period. The Birkinbine collection contained a pair of 12c Black (17) used from Fort Defiance to France in 1858, six years after the cover offered here was sent. A cover with three 10c stamps from Fernando de Taos to Germany is also known, used circa 1857. We have been unable to locate any covers from New Mexico to a foreign destination that predate the one offered here.

Ex Shipley and Giamporcaro ("Tito"). With 2004 P.F. certificate

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