1873 (Feb. 4) New Orleans, La. to Barcelona, Spain, 3¢ entire cancelled by "New Orleans La. Feb 4" duplex and bearing 1870, 3¢ green, horizontal pair, s.e. at ends, and on reverse 1870, 2¢ brown, pair, later tied by "New York Br. Transit Feb 8" cds, red "New York '5' Feb 12" exchange credit cds, carried by Guion Line Wisconsin that departed New York Feb. 12th to Queenstown arriving Feb. 23rd, red "wfco 2" h.s. and red "PD" h.s.; some light wear, Fine. Scott No. 146, 147  Estimate $150 - 200. The 13¢ postage represents a 1¢ overpayment of the 12¢ fully-paid rate to Spain by the NGU mail via England. New York credited 5¢ for transit fees from NGU to Spain. Letter sent in closed mail bag through England and Belgium to Aachen, where 2 groschen restated as the amount paid for transit beyond the NGU ("wfco 2" handstamp in red). $0 (Image)