1858 (Dec. 14) St. Louis, Mo. to Bingen, Hesse, 1854, 3¢ red on buff entire with "St. Louis Mo. Dec 14, 1858" cds and red "Paid 30" in oval for 30¢ PCM rate, red "N. York 'Paid 7' Dec 18" exchange credit cds, carried by Inman Line City of Washington from New York Dec. 18 to Liverpool arriving Dec. 30, Aachen (12.31) framed transit, blue manuscript "1" kreuzer due rating, Very Fine. Scott No. U10  Estimate $200 - 300. Prepayment consisted of 3¢ entire and the remainder (27¢) paid in cash. St. Louis indicated the full prepayment with the red oval "PAID/30" handstamp. Blue pen mark may indicate that 1 kreuzer local fee was collected in Bingen. $0 (Image)