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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | July 23, 1850 |
| From City | US Express New York |
| From State | RR |
| To City | Chaux de Fonds |
| To State | Switzerland |
| Addressee | Edouard Vuille |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 337212 |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 1 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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| Others |
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1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott No. 1). Large to huge margins, wonderful bright color and clear impression from the reworked plate, near orange brown in intensity, tied by red grid, matching "U.S. Express Mail N. York N.Y. Jul. 23" c.d.s., on 1850 folded letter to Switzerland "p. Hibernia" contents in French, usual oily red "Colonies &c. Art. 13" accountancy handstamp, red orange Calais postmark and red manuscript "36" due, Very Fine, a beautiful and very rare usage. Illustrated in Alexander, p. 949. Estimate $10,000-15,000
ONE OF TWO RECORDED 1847 COVERS TO SWITZERLAND. .
Provenance: Keightly, Kapiloff, Seven Oaks.
Hammer Price $37,500.
Matthew Bennett International Sale 262, Lot 431
Postmark: Jul 1850
Origin: New York, New York, UNITED STATES
Destination: Chaux-De-Fonds, SWITZERLAND
Description: Jul 1850 letter from New York to Chaux-De-Fonds, Switzerland. Chaux-De-Fonds is 4 miles from the French border. Entered the mail on the Express Train to Boston, 5 cents paid the US inland postage to the point of embarkation.
Sailed on the Cunard ship Hibernia leaving Boston on 24 Jul arriving in Liverpool 4 Aug where it received the orange COLONIES/&c.ART.13. handstamp Exchanged at Calais 6 Oct and then to Canton de Neuchatel Chaux-De-Fonds receiving mark on back, but the date is not legible. UK dataestamp on back.
French due marking of 36 decimes, the rate for 7 ½ - 15 grams, to be collected from the recipient. This letter transmitted under the United States-British treaty for open mail to European destinations beyond England. It was double weight in France but single weight in the United States.
One of two 1847 covers to Switzerland.
PhilaMercury Cover #2103
Gordon Eubanks exhibit
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 743 lot 142 realized 10,000
Alexander listed as 7/23/50
Christie's sale 7314 Sept 25, 1991 lot 97
PF 337212: Genuine use
ONE OF TWO RECORDED 1847 COVERS TO SWITZERLAND. .
Provenance: Keightly, Kapiloff, Seven Oaks.
Hammer Price $37,500.
Matthew Bennett International Sale 262, Lot 431
Postmark: Jul 1850
Origin: New York, New York, UNITED STATES
Destination: Chaux-De-Fonds, SWITZERLAND
Description: Jul 1850 letter from New York to Chaux-De-Fonds, Switzerland. Chaux-De-Fonds is 4 miles from the French border. Entered the mail on the Express Train to Boston, 5 cents paid the US inland postage to the point of embarkation.
Sailed on the Cunard ship Hibernia leaving Boston on 24 Jul arriving in Liverpool 4 Aug where it received the orange COLONIES/&c.ART.13. handstamp Exchanged at Calais 6 Oct and then to Canton de Neuchatel Chaux-De-Fonds receiving mark on back, but the date is not legible. UK dataestamp on back.
French due marking of 36 decimes, the rate for 7 ½ - 15 grams, to be collected from the recipient. This letter transmitted under the United States-British treaty for open mail to European destinations beyond England. It was double weight in France but single weight in the United States.
One of two 1847 covers to Switzerland.
PhilaMercury Cover #2103
Gordon Eubanks exhibit
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 743 lot 142 realized 10,000
Alexander listed as 7/23/50
Christie's sale 7314 Sept 25, 1991 lot 97
PF 337212: Genuine use
