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Lot 10030 – Austria. 1859 Cover from Nagy Kanisa (Hungary) to Boston, 1858 type I 2kr, 5kr and 15kr (4)

Lot 10030 – Austria. 1859 Cover from Nagy Kanisa (Hungary) to Boston, 1858 type I 2kr, 5kr and 15kr (4)
United States » Incoming Mail
Price realised
1’900 USD
Estimate
400 – 700 USD
Auction date
Wed 13 Oct 2021 at 17:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description

Austria. 1859 (Jan 18). Cover from Nagy Kanisa (in modern day Hungary) to Boston, franked by 1858 type I 2kr, 5kr and 15kr pair and two singles, being 1kr overpaid for the 65kr rate comprising 11kr inland fee and including 54kr for the foreign portion of the journey, all tied by dispatch cds’s, carried via Vienna (bs), obverse struck with red “AACHEN/PAID25Cts.” and “Boston 30 Br. PKt.” cds’s, conveyed by the Cunard SS “America” from Liverpool to final destination, with crossed notation denoting no fees to be paid on receipt; stamps with faults at top, still though a very rare franking on transatlantic mail in this early period, which has been nevertheless described in the certificate by Ferchenbauer as a “sehr schönes Stück!” (very fine item); cert. Ferchenbauer (1984).

Catalogue ref: Michel 10I, 13I, 15I

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