Lot 40646 – 1856 (24 Jul) envelope from New York to Niederweningen

1856 (24 Jul) envelope from New York to Niederweningen Switzerland, bearing Swarts City Despatch Post 1852 George Washington 1c. red tied by oval Chatham Square Swarts Post office ds and New York /Am/PK debit marking, the cover was sent by Havre Line via Aachen and arrived 12/8/1856 taxed 45kr in Germany and 115cts on arrival in Switzerland, an exceptional usage of an American local and possibly the only known to Switzerland.

A cover from the same correspondence addressed to Germany was in the Ambassador Middendorf II collection.