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Auction archive: Lot number 173

cover 5c Red Brown (12), three ample to immense margins including 3mm of bottom sheet margin, slightly cut in at right, well-tied by "Peoria, Ills. Oct. 31" c.d.s. on 1856 buff cover to Hungary, black "N.York Am. Pkt. 23 Nov 8" exchange h.s., ms. "p....

Auction 20.04.1999
20 Apr 1999
Estimate
US$5,000 - US$7,000
Price realised:
US$11,500
Auction archive: Lot number 173

cover 5c Red Brown (12), three ample to immense margins including 3mm of bottom sheet margin, slightly cut in at right, well-tied by "Peoria, Ills. Oct. 31" c.d.s. on 1856 buff cover to Hungary, black "N.York Am. Pkt. 23 Nov 8" exchange h.s., ms. "p....

Auction 20.04.1999
20 Apr 1999
Estimate
US$5,000 - US$7,000
Price realised:
US$11,500
Beschreibung:

cover 5c Red Brown (12), three ample to immense margins including 3mm of bottom sheet margin, slightly cut in at right, well-tied by "Peoria, Ills. Oct. 31" c.d.s. on 1856 buff cover to Hungary, black "N.York Am. Pkt. 23 Nov 8" exchange h.s., ms. "p. first steamer via Liverpool" and ms. "through Austria", ms. "38" due mark, while the sender attempted to send this via British Mail (U.S. 5c "shore to ship" rate), it was carried by the Collins Line's packet Atlantic , Aachen and Hungarian backstamps, apparently sent by Prussian Closed Mail-as such the proper rate would have been 30c, fine, always an extraordinarily rare destination, a unique 1851 Issue usage to Hungary, worthy of the very finest collection photo

Auction archive: Lot number 173
Auction:
Datum:
20 Apr 1999
Auction house:
Christie's
Spink America
Beschreibung:

cover 5c Red Brown (12), three ample to immense margins including 3mm of bottom sheet margin, slightly cut in at right, well-tied by "Peoria, Ills. Oct. 31" c.d.s. on 1856 buff cover to Hungary, black "N.York Am. Pkt. 23 Nov 8" exchange h.s., ms. "p. first steamer via Liverpool" and ms. "through Austria", ms. "38" due mark, while the sender attempted to send this via British Mail (U.S. 5c "shore to ship" rate), it was carried by the Collins Line's packet Atlantic , Aachen and Hungarian backstamps, apparently sent by Prussian Closed Mail-as such the proper rate would have been 30c, fine, always an extraordinarily rare destination, a unique 1851 Issue usage to Hungary, worthy of the very finest collection photo

Auction archive: Lot number 173
Auction:
Datum:
20 Apr 1999
Auction house:
Christie's
Spink America
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