Lot 1333
Encircled Wedges (Weiss TR-W2B), two strikes tie 2¢ brown (157), faulty corner, and 6¢ dull rose (159) on 1874 cover to Zurich, Switzerland at the 8¢ Swiss Closed Mail rate, red "New York Paid All via Bremen Jul 8" exchange c.d.s. also ties 6¢ Basel (7.23.74) and Zurich (7.24) backstamps, Very Fine and rare cancel.
Estimate $300 - 400
THIS IS THE ONLY RECORDED USE OF TR-W2B.
Provenance: Weiss, Ainsworth
Illustrated in Weiss NYFM on page 383.
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