Lot
1039 
S.S. City of Havana (Atlantic Coast - Cuba), purple straightline handstamp on blue cover cut to form homemade wrapper to Jalapa, purple "Via Vera Cruz" handstamp below steamship handstamp, franked with 2¢ Vermilion Banknote tied by cork cancel paying "circular" rate, the wrapper is unopened with its original contents, Very Fine and rare.Milgram No. 231 Estimate $300 - 400.
This very unusual cover consists of an envelope with its corners cut off. The 2¢ stamp is tied to the contents of this printed circular. The two separate magenta straight lines were applied in New York. It is presumed that the corners of the envelope were cut to reveal that the contents of the envelope justified the two cent rate.
Realized: $160