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 2c Black, F. Grill (93). Used with horizontal
pair of 10c Yellow Green, F. Grill (96), tied by grid cancels, bold "Dobbs' Ferry N.Y. Jan. 11" (1869) circular datestamp on tissue-paper cover to Cairo, Egypt, red "New York Br. Transit Jan. 13" circular datestamp on back, red "12"
credit handstamp, red London Paid transit datestamp (Jan. 25), neat pencil receipt docketing, 10c stamps with small faults, cover with usual faults associated with this fragile paper (small mends at bottom)FINE APPEARANCE. A VERY RARE USE OF
THE BLACK JACK ISSUE ON COVER TO EGYPT -- SENT BY BRITISH MAIL VIA MARSEILLES. This cover is addressed to "Miss (Louisa L.) Schuyler", great-granddaughter of Gen. Philip Schuyler and Alexander Hamilton, who participated in the Women's Central
Association of Relief (later the U.S. Sanitary Commission) during the Civil War and later organized training facilities for nurses in New York City's Bellevue Hospital. The cover was carried on the HAPAG Allemannia, which departed New York on
January 13, 1869, and arrived in Southampton on January 24. From there it traveled to Cairo, Egypt, via Marseilles and Alexandria. Ex Friedman (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com |
E. $ 1,500-2,000
SOLD for $1,200.00
Will close during Public Auction |
