Lot
453 
(Outgoing Philadelphia) 1852 Philadelphia, Pa. To Wurttemberg, Germany. Folded letter sheet with blue "Philadelphia Pa., Oct 29" cds and matching "20" rate handstamp, "N. York Am. Pkt., 23, Oct 30" cds, manuscript "47" kreuzer due, "Steamer Baltic" endorsement, reverse with red Aachen & Frankfurt transit cds's, Very Fine, this a match for the earliest recorded eastbound Prussian Closed Mail (see pg. 924-25, APS Journal 9/84, Allan Radin). Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
The sender intended this letter to go by the Bremen mail at the 20¢ rate. Since the letter was unpaid and a week early for the Bremen steamer, the clerk in New York sent this letter by Prussian closed mail.
Realized: $1,800