Lot 69
1869 (1875 Re-issue), 24¢ green & violet (130), exceptionally well centered, tied by "New York R" registry oval cancellation on 3¢ green (U163) entire with red N.F. Seebeck advertising collar, to Berlin, Germany, purple "Registered, Mar 27 1880, New York P.O." three-line postmark, endorsed "Return Receipt", German registry label affixed and large "Kaiserl. Deutsches Postampt" (Post Office of the German Empire) official seal applied over flap, reverse with German postal notations and partial receiver, Seebeck return address label on flap tied by registry handstamp; stamp with tear into vignette, internal cover tear in address, a Very Fine usage, 2¢ overpayment of three-times the 5¢ U.P.U. rate plus 10¢ registry fee.
Estimate 35,000 - 50,000
A MAGNIFICIENT USAGE OF THE 24¢ RE-ISSUE, BEING THE EARLIEST OF ONLY FOUR RECORDED COVERS AND THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF AN 1869 RE-ISSUE ON AN ADVERTISING COLLARED ENTIRE.
Expertization: 1981 & 2006 P.F. Certificates.
Provenance: Coulter
The four 24c 1869 Re-Issue covers include one out-of-period use mailed in 1926. The addressee, Georges Fouré was a European philatelist who was an active buyer of U.S. Re-Issues. A pencil note on the reverse indicates this was sold by J. C. Morganthau in October 1924 for $117.50.
Illustrated in the color section of 1869 PRA Census (p. 140).
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