Lot
244 
1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type I, rich colors, tied solely by New York "Insufficiently Paid" straightline on 1870 cover to Aargau, Switzerland, black "New York, Br. Transit, Mar 29" cds and blue crayon "2" indicating double weight, "VIA OSTENDE" straightline, Basel (4.13) and Aarau (4.13) transit backstamps, blue crayon "75" and Swiss red crayon "95" rappen final due rating; cover exploded and lightly cleaned, small tears mended and put back together, Very Fine appearance, unusual with the stamp canceled solely by the auxiliary marking treated as unpaid, ex-John R. Hill Jr., Don David Price; with 1999 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 118 Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $600