Lot 621
1870, 24¢ purple (153), Average centering, used with 2¢ brown & 30¢ gray black (157, 164) tied by framed circle-of-wedges cancels on 1874 cover to Ahmednuggur, India, paying double 28¢ British Mail rate via Brindisi, red pencil credit, postmarked red "Boston, Paid, Dec 9" exchange office c.d.s. with red London PAID transit c.d.s. (Dec 22) and "2d" handstamp, backstamped Indian Sea Post Office (Jan 11) and Ahmednuggur (Jan 16); 30¢ with sealed tear, otherwise fresh and Very Fine. Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
Provenance: dos Passos
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Realized $2,700 |