Lot 3416
1861, 24¢ steel blue (70b), single used with 3c rose (65), tied by "Naperville Ill. Nov. 12 `63" double circle pmk. & target duplex in ultramarine, on folded letter to Solothurn, Switzerland, red "Paid New York 18 Nov. 17" exchange pmk., red Calais transit and matching "P.D.", ms. "Paid p. German Steamer" at bottom, though the cover was franked for the obsolete 27c Bremen-Hamburg rate, instead this was sent by French mail yet still overpaid by 6c, Very Fine usage, very rare with this colored cancel.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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