Lot 1117
War Dept., 1873, 3¢ rose (O85), two singles tied on legal size Postal Service (UO14) entire to Montevideo, Uruguay, Washington, D.C. Jun 9, 1883 origin c.d.s., marked "Due 5" in pencil (beneath stamps), purple "U.S. Govt' Despatch Agency / P.O. Box 1243 / New York" handstamp, stamps added by the agency, additional purple "Deficiency in Postage supplied by / U.S. Gov't Desptatch Agency, New York" arched handstamp tying left stamp, letter entered the foreign mail section in New York where stamps cancelled by N.Y. simplex "3" ovals, "Port-au-Prince, Haiti 19 Juin 83" backstamp, blue Columbian transit, "Valparaiso, Chile 30 Jul 83" backstamp, and "Montevideo 21 Agost 83" receiving backstamp, Post Office Department corner card for the Division of Stamps, Stamped Envelopes and Postal Cards; minor cover foxing and edgewear, left stamp with s.e., Very Fine usage.
Estimate 4,000 - 5,000
THE ONLY RECORDED WAR DEPARTMENT USAGE TO URUGUAY, AND THE ONLY WITH WAR DEPARTMENT STAMPS APPLIED BY THE DESPATCH AGENT IN NEW YORK.
The United States Government Despatch Agency in New York was supplied with a stock of official stamps to aid in the handling of deficiently franked mail matter. The Postal Service envelopes were imprinted with a penalty frank that was only valid on official Post Office business foreign mail to the recipient country's postal department. Official stamps were required on foreign mailings to private citizens.
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| Realized $15,000 |
