EARLIEST KNOWN USAGE IN PRIVATE HANDS, MARCH 5, 1843 1843 Front of cover from Winterthur to Zurich franked by Zurich 6 Rappen tied by beautiful black Rosette handstamp, WINTERTHUR 5 / 3 43 cds alongside, 6Rp with small tear at left and front is somewhat reinforced at right, only one earlier usage (March 2) is recorded which is in the Swiss postal museum, major Zurich postal history item Expertise: Cert. Kimmel, v.d.Weid Estimate: € 3’000 – € 4’000 (Image)

1846 Zurich 6 type I tied to small folded letter by stunning red rosette, alongside red ZURICH 30.5.47 cds to Winterthur, the red horizontal underprint is unusual strong, the adhesive has 4 large margins and shows variety of position 96 of the sheet of 100 (= showing large worn printing spot at left), in all respects a beautiful exhibition piece of highest quality level, cert. Renggli (1989) (Image)