Lot 528
1889 (Sept. 27) cover from London to New York (Oct. 5), bearing 1d and 2½d cancelled by Lombard Street duplex and on reverse Postage Due 3c (J17) horizontal pair tied by neatly struck "New York/P.O." oval handstamp, showing "U.S. Charge/To Collect", "6 cents", and octagonal "T" handstamp; cover opened a little roughly at top without affecting the stamps. Because of the reduction of the domestic postal rate from 3¢ to 2¢ in 1883 and the large quantities of the previous 3¢ still on hand, only a small printing was made of the 3¢ 1884 stamps; approximately ten covers, all from New York, have been found.
Estimate 500 - 750
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| Realized $500 |
