Lot 50146 – HAMBURG: 1852–57 3d. Orange-Red Multiple Franking via Collins Line
Lot 50146 – HAMBURG: 1852–57 3d. Orange-Red Multiple Franking via Collins Line
HAMBURG: 1852–57 3d. Orange-Red Multiple Franking via Collins Line
Single, vertical pair, and strip of three 3d orange-red on thin wove paper, touched to very large uneven margins, tied by concentric circles on entire letter from Montreal 14/9/1854, endorsed “Per Steamer Baltic”. Carried by Collins Line from New York via Liverpool (27/9) to London, then forwarded to Hamburg (30/9) with red oval P. of Hamburg on front.
Rate Interpretation: 6d. to the USA.12d. to cover the 21¢ US-packet rate to Hamburg. Red “4” likely denotes the US credit for sea postage.
Note: Illustrated in Arfken and Gems of Canadian Philately.
Provenance: Yuile, De Volpi, Wilkinson, Hackmey
Expertise: Cert. Firby (2005)
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