Lot 183
1856 (Sep. 27) Wilmington Del. to Schorndorf, Württemberg, buff envelope bearing 5¢ red brown (12) originally a block of six subsequently reduced to a block of four, ample to large margins on two sides, touched or in on others, tied by "Wilmington Del. Sep 27" c.d.s., red "N. York Br. Pkt. 'Paid 7' Oct 1" exchange office c.d.s., carried by the Cunard Line steamer Asia, which departed from New York on October 1 and arrived at Liverpool on October 13, red boxed "Aachen Franco 15/10" transit, German backstamps including partial "Schorndorf 18 Oct 1856" receiver; the block at one time removed from the cover and then replaced in its original position, lower right stamp with small repaired surface fault, cover faulty with creasing and wear, Fine, the 30¢ Prussian Closed mail rate. Illustrated in Frajola and Mayer, p. 112, fig. 9-9.
Estimate 15,000 - 20,000
ONE OF NINE RECORDED 1856 5¢ BLOCKS, OF WHICH ONLY FOUR ARE ON COVER.
Provenance: Gibson
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