Lot 30291 – 1867 & 1869 pair of covers with 1869 (Jan 10) envelope

1867 & 1869 pair of covers with 1869 (Jan 10) envelope from Pittsburgh to Rome, underpaying the 19 cents rate for closed mail via the North German Union with 1867-68 Grill 5c and 10c, and therefore struck with red « 4 » credit hs at lower right, red framed « HAMBURG/FRANCO » ds after arriving with the HAPAG « Alemannia » and charged with 25 centesimi in ms on arrival, Verona and Rome bs, fine; and 1867 (Nov 30) cover from New York to Genoa, paying the single rate with 1861-62 1c and 10c (2), tied by cork cancels, below red exchange cds on dispatch denoting fully payment, placed on board the C.G.T. « St. Laurent » with corresponding « ETATS UNIS/PAQ. FR. H N° 4/30 NOV 67 » octagon; a scarce mail through this route and exhibiting a French ship mail datestamp.