Lot 3442
1862, 5¢ red brown (75), vertical pair, fresh rich color, tied by large "Paid" in grid on May 1863 folded letter to Calcutta paying double the 5c open mail rate by British packet, London and Calcutta backstamps, no exchange postmark.; usual bleed thru of con tents from this correspondence, interesting letter includes some war content (rebel privateers at the equator, Grant at Vicksburg, etc.), Fine and scarce.
Estimate 600 - 800
Provenance: Rohloff
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