Lot 1320
Circular Grid (Weiss TR-G37), four strikes tie 6¢ carmine (148), pair and two singles, on cover to Quito, Ecuador, red "New York 'Paid 12' Aug 20" exchange c.d.s.; minor bend at bottom right corner of cover, small cover tear, few perf flaws, Very Fine.
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
THE ONLY RECORDED NYFM COVER TO EQUADOR, THIS BEING ONE OF THE RAREST OF ALL SOUTH AMERICAN DESTINATIONS.
Provenance: Gallagher, Ainsworth
Edward Rumsey Wing was the youngest chief of a U.S. diplomatic mission when he was appointed Minister to Ecuador in 1869 at the age of 24 years. Wing drank himself to death at his post in 1874.
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