Lot 184
1857 (Feb. 20) Wilmington Del. to Schorndorf, Württemberg, cover bearing 5¢ red brown (12), 1¢ blue type IV (9), and 12¢ black (17) vertical pair, all with varying margins, cancelled by grids, matching "Wilmington Del Feb 20" c.d.s., red "N. York Am. Pkt. 'Paid 7' Feb 21" exchange office c.d.s., carried by the Ocean Line steamer Washington, which departed from New York on February 21 and arrived at Southampton on March 7, red boxed "Aachen Franco 8/3" transit, German backstamps including partial "Schorndorf 11 Mar 1857" receiver, additional docketing notation applied by the recipient noting the sender; partial backflap, bottom 12¢ faulty, a Very Fine usage, the 30¢ Prussian Closed mail rate. Illustrated in Frajola and Mayer, p. 113, fig. 9-10.
Estimate 10,000 - 15,000
A MAGNIFICENT THREE-COLOR FRANKING PAYING THE 30¢ PRUSSIAN CLOSED MAIL RATE.
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