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VERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE USE OF FOUR 2-CENT BLACK JACKS TO PAY THE 8-CENT PRINTED MATTER RATE TO HOLLAND.
Effective January 1, 1868, a postal convention between the United States and Holland provided for direct closed mail via England. It set rates for newspapers at 4c and book packets at 8c per four ounces. Since there were no provisions for printed circulars, this cover was correctly prepaid with the book rate of 8c. This and the cover offered in the following lot are rare examples of the 8c rate. This was carried on the Inman Line steamer City of Paris from New York on September 5, 1868, arriving Queenstown September 14.
Ex Allen and illustrated in Lane book on p. 58 (Image)
VERY FINE APPEARANCE AND EXTREMELY RARE USE OF BLACK JACKS -- THE 8-CENT PRINTED MATTER RATE TO HOLLAND WAS UNDERPAID IN THIS INSTANCE.
Effective January 1, 1868, a postal convention between the United States and Holland provided for direct closed mail via England. It set rates for newspapers at 4c and book packets at 8c per four ounces. Since there were no provisions for printed circulars, this cover was rated at the 8c book rate. Short payments were allowed and the difference was made up by the addressee. This and the cover offered in the previous lot are rare examples of the 8c rate. This was carried on the North German Lloyd steamer Union from New York on December 3, 1868, arriving in Southampton on December 14 (Image)