1862 (Jun. 14) New York N.Y. to Darmstadt, Germany, orange buff cover bearing 1¢ blue (63), tied by NYFM circular grid cancel, black "N. York Hamb. Pkt. '5' Jun 14" exchange cds, carried by Hapag Saxonia from New York Jun. 14th to Hamburg arriving Jun. 28th, Hamburg Thurn & Taxis (6.28) backstamp and blue "4½ Sgr. / 6 Xr" two-line exchange office handstamp for 4½sgr (10¢) credit to Hamburg and 6kr to Thurn & Taxis post for transit, black "22" handstamp and blue manuscript "22" kr ratings; 1¢ trivial pulled perf, Very Fine, ex-Evans. Estimate  $750 - 1,000. A SCARCE TRANSATLANTIC CARRIER USAGE TO GERMANY. Illustrated and discussed in Donald Evans, The United States 1¢ Franklin 1861-67, pg. 174, fig. 10-15. $0 (Image)