Lot
388 
1869 New York, N.Y. To Paris, France. Mourning cover franked with 1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type I, two singles tied by cork handstamps, bold red "New York, Paid 12, Aug 19" cds, blue Calais entry cds, Very Fine and choice, the Census and Analysis of 1869 covers (1986) lists the use of a single cover with 3 copies of Scott 118, and seven with 2 copies (3 domestic from a single correspondence, and 4 foreign uses), this cover is not listed in that census. Scott No. 118 Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
Sent via North German Lloyd Line - per steamer Union, departing New York August 19th and arriving in Southampton on August 30th.
Realized: $1,450