Sale 283


 
Lot 2047



1860, 30¢ orange (38), vertical pair, exceedingly well centered, tied by red grids and red "New York 48 Apr 24" credit datestamp on 1861 blue folded cover from the Payen correspondence to Lyon, France, red boxed "P.D.", "C. Payen & Co., New York" merchant handstamp, Paris and Lyon backstamps, manuscript "Steamship Persia" in upper right.
Estimate 15,000 - 20,000

EXTREMELY FINE GEM AND ONE OF THE FINEST USAGES OF THE 30¢ 1860 ISSUE EXTANT.

Provenance: Caspary, Grunin, Zoellner

The 30¢ pair pays four-times the 15¢ rate to France. The cover left New York on the
Persia of the Cunard Line on April 25, 1861 and arrived into Queenstown on May 4.

 
Realized $15,000



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