Lot 1241
15¢ Brown & blue, type II (119), two copies tied in combination with 2¢ brown (#113) to folded entire to Calcutta, India by segmented cork New York Foreign Mails cancels, red "New York Paid All Br Transit Feb 28" exchange datestamp, prepaid 32¢ so that it could be sent by any of the available services as German Mail rate was 32¢ red "26" credit handstamp, red London Paid 1870 transit, oval "Sea Post Office 25 3 70" transit backstamp and red Calcutta arrival, 2¢ tiny tear. Very Fine. Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
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Realized $4,250 |