Lot 3253
State Dept., 1873, $2 green & black (O68), bearing red New York Foreign Mail cancellation (Weiss ST-8P3/4), nicely centered, slight faults, Very Fine appearance.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
ONE OF ONLY TWO $2 STATE STAMPS WITH A RED NEW YORK FOREIGN MAIL CANCELLATION.
Provenance: Markovits
Red ink was usually used by the New York Foreign Mail department to cancel supplementary mail, which was handled by the post office after the normal closing of the foreign mail despatch. The other recorded example is ex-Waud/Vlissingen, Stone and has a current P.F. certificate.
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