Lot 3442
Samoa 1893 (16 Aug.) cover from Apia to Cologne (15.9), via San Francisco and New York (6.9) bearing 1890 ½d & 2d issues of the Kingdom (9c, 13c) and U.S. 1890 5¢ chocolate (223), Very Fine.
Estimate 4,000 - 6,000
Expertization: signed Bloch, Pfenninger, Köhler.
Listed and described in Odenweller. Even though Samoa had joined the U.P.U. in 1891, the U.S. still required 5¢ for inland postage.
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| Realized $4,750 |
