Lot 177
1857 (Sep. 2) Milwaukee Wisc. to Gronau, Hanover, envelope bearing 5¢ red brown (12) large irregular margins to slightly cut in, and 1857 10¢ green type III (33) tied by "Milwaukee Wis. Sep 2 1857" c.d.s., red "N. York 'Paid 6' U.S. Pkt. Sep 5" exchange office c.d.s., blue "America über Bremen Franco" three-line handstamp, blue "Gronau 20/9" receiving backstamp, light edge wear and some toning, Very Fine, the 15¢ rate to Hanover via Bremen mails. Illustrated in Frajola and Mayer, p. 106, fig. 9-4.
Estimate 5,000 - 7,500
The cover was exchanged in New York City, crediting Bremen with 6¢ and retaining 9 cents for U.S. internal postage (3 cents) and packet postage (6 cents). It was carried on the Saturday scheduled American packet trip of Vanderbilt’s European Line steamer North Star, which departed from New York City on September 5, 1857, and arrived at Bremerhaven, the port city of Bremen, on September 19, 1857. It was marked with the blue "America / über Bremen / Franco" handstamp meaning prepaid via Bremen. The cover has a Gronau arrival backstamp of September 20.
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| Realized $2,900 |
