12c Dull Violet (151). Tied by well-struck red New York Foreign Mail Geometric cancel (Weiss Ty. GE-EN8), red "New York Sup. Paid Sep. 5" circular datestamp on folded cover to London, England, endorsed "per Str. City of Richmond" and carried aboard that Inman Line ship, 1874 London transits incl. two backstamps, faint horizontal file fold well away from stamp

VERY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF THIS COLORFUL NEW YORK FOREIGN MAIL CANCELLATION. THIS IS THE EARLIEST DOCUMENTED USE OF THIS ELABORATE NEW YORK FOREIGN MAIL CANCELLATION.

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