Lot 3136
State Dept., 1873, 1¢ and 10¢ (O62, O57 [2]), tied by "Washington, D.C., May 2, 1882" numeral "6" target duplex cancels on reduced legal size cover from London, England to New York, N.Y., weak strike violet B. F. Stevens, U.S. Despatch Agent, London oval; part of printed U.S. Consulate corner card missing as a result of reduction at left, edge tears top and bottom, stamps with perforation faults but a rare usage, quadruple the 3¢ domestic letter rate.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED CONSULAR COVERS FROM ENGLAND AND THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THIS PARTICULAR COMBINATION FRANKING.
Provenance: Waud
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