Lot 40619 – USA / DANISH WEST INDIES MIXED FRANKING1868 Folded

USA / DANISH WEST INDIES MIXED FRANKING

1868 Folded cover to New York franked by DWI 1856 3c carmine tied by target cancel and pair of USA 1861 10c yellow-green (slight surface scuff) tied by N.YORK STEAMSHIP FEB 26 cds, ST.THOMAS 19/1 1868 despatch alongside, double 10 cent US packet rate, carried by steamer “MISSISSIPPI”, arrival in New York on 26 February, very rare combination with two 10c US stamps, a fine and rare DWI combination franking cover – only two covers and one front reported with this rate, cert. Eichele (1997) and Nielsen (2000)