Lot
588 
1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type II, rich colors, tied by cork cancel, matching bold "Marblehead, Mass., Jan. 5" double-circle datestamp on 1870 orange buff cover to Berlin, Prussia, red "New York, Paid All, Br. Transit, Jan 6" exchange cds, carried by Cunard Line Nemesis from New York Jan. 6th to Queenstown arriving Jan. 17th, Jan. 19th arrival backstamps; minor edge wear, Very Fine, ex-Heimburger. Scott Nos. 119 Estimate $300 - 400.
Beginning in 1870, the "Verviers-Coeln" exchange office marking was used less frequently and does not appear on all closed mail covers.
Realized: $280