Lot 208
1862 (Apr. 18) San Francisco to Thronjein, Norway, double-circle datestamp with San Francisco cogwheel cancellation tying 90¢ Blue (72), single with rich color, on yellow cover used with 1¢ blue (63) pair cancelled by matching cogwheel cancels, red "N. York Am. Pkt" transit c.d.s., magenta manuscript "46" credit, Aachen and Hamburg transit postmarks; minor edge wear, a fabulous and Very Fine usage; double the 46¢ Prussian closed mail rate.
THE ONLY RECORDED 90¢ 1861 USAGE TO NORWAY AND ONE OF THE GREATEST COVERS OF THE PERIOD.
Expertization: 2003 P.F. Certificate and Signed Ashbrook.
Provenance: Emerson, Krug, Baker, Ishikawa, Kramer
Literature: Census listing No. 51 from the Herzog and Starnes census, 'Cover Usages of the 90¢ 1861 and 1868 Issues', The Chronicle, No. 140, Vol. 40 No. 4, pp. 260-265 Illustrated, '90-Cent U.S. Stamps of the 1857, 1861, and 1869 Issues', J. David Baker, The American Philatelist, Vol. 82 No. 12, 1968, p. 1099 Illustrated, 'History of Post Communication Between the United States and Europe 1845-1875', G. Hargest, 1975, p. 93, figure 56 Illustrated, 'Letters of Gold', Jesse B. Colburn, 1986, p.137.
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Realized $35,000 |