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Lot 51310 – Early Papal States Mixed franked Transatlantic Cover to USA – Exhibition Quality – AT 38 Baioccchi rate:

Early Papal States Mixed franked Transatlantic Cover to USA - Exhibition Quality - AT 38 Baioccchi rate:
Lot 51310 – Early Papal States Mixed franked Transatlantic Cover to USA – Exhibition Quality – AT 38 Baioccchi rate:
Italian States » Papal States
Price realised
600 EUR
Estimate
300 EUR
Auction date
Thu 6 Dec 2018 at 11:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description

1854 (May 23) Mourning env. from Rome to Philadelphia “Per steamer via Liverpool” with 1st-Issue Papal States 6b (near 4m) plus 2nd-Issue Papal States 8b (4; margins mostly clear) all tied by mainly fine 2-ring “ROMA” cds’s with French transit cds (“E. POST./2 ST. LOUIS 2”) and “5/N. YORK BRITISH PKT” cds on the front. Addressed to Joshua Francis Fisher (1807-1878) a prominent Philadelphian and once vice president of the Philadelphia historical society. A ridiculously rare incoming item to the USA, exhibition quality.

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