Lot 30679 – 1868 Two single rate covers to Switzerland

1868 (Feb-May) Two single rate covers to Switzerland, one from San Francisco to Locarno, fully prepaid with vertical pair of 1861-62 10c green (couple of short perfs), San Francisco and red New York cds’s at right, Basel and Locarno backstamps, conveyed by the Cunard SS « Scotia » (cert. P.F., 1983); the other from Grand Rapids to Frutigen, with 1861-66 15c tied by red « 5 » within circle showing 5c credit and New York cds, conveyed by the HAPAG « Cimbria », dispatch, transit and arrival cds’s on reverse, the 15c affected by diagonal crease.