Lot 180
1858 (Apr. 6) Pekin Ill. to Berlin, Prussia, buff envelope bearing 5¢ red brown (12) large margins all around, and 1857 10¢ green type III (33), tied by "Pekin Ills. Apr 6" c.d.s., endorsed "Via Bremen Mails", red "N.York U.S. Pkt. 'Paid 6' Apr 17" exchange office c.d.s., blue "America über Bremen Franco" three-line handstamp, May 5 arrival backstamp; cover worn, 10¢ repaired at left, Fine, the 15¢ rate to Prussia via Bremen mails. Illustrated in Frajola and Mayer, p. 108, fig. 9-6.
Estimate 4,000 - 5,000
Expertization: 1977 and 1988 P.F. Certificates.
Provenance: Rohloff
This cover was exchanged at the New York City office under the Bremen Convention on April 17, 1858, applying its paid 6 credit handstamp for carriage by United States packet. The cover was carried on the Saturday scheduled American packet trip of Vanderbilt’s European Line steamer North Star, which departed from New York City on April 17, 1858, and arrived at Bremerhaven on May 3, 1858. It was marked with the blue "America / über Bremen / Franco" handstamp and arrived with a Berlin May 5 backstamp.
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