Lot
232 
1861, 30¢ orange, vertical pair, used with 12¢ black (69), each tied by fancy geometric cross-roads cancel, matching "Newburyport Mass., May 15" cds on 1865 orange buff cover to Bombay, India, endorsed "Via Marseilles" at top left, red "Boston Br. Pkt. '40' 16 May" credit exchange cds, carried on the Cunard Scotia departing New York May 17th to Queenstown arriving May 26th, red London Paid (5.27) transit cds and red "1d" Colonial credit handstamp, docketed "ansd, 6 July"; top 30¢ light soiling, no flap and small mended top edge tear, cover with some acidification at right affecting right 30¢, 12¢ with blunted perfs at top, F.-V.F. appearance, ex-Gliedman. Scott No. 71 Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Cover was prepaid for the 72¢ Bremen-Hamburg rate via Marseilles, but actually sent at 45¢ British Mail via Marseilles with a 40¢ credit to G.B.