Lot
745 
1869 (Jan. 13) New York, N.Y. to Antwerp, Belgium, printed circular bearing 1868, 2¢ black, F. Grill, horizontal pair, tied by NYFM circle of wedges killers, New York "Short Paid" framed handstamp, New York blue crayon "4" cent debit rating to Holland, carried by Cunard Line China departing New York Jan. 13th and arriving at Queenstown Jan. 22nd, Mourouk (1.26) and Antwerp (1.26) backstamps, manuscript "5" décimes due rating; paper repair at top edge, Fine and scarce printed matter use. Scott No. 93 Estimate $300 - 400.
Printed circular was prepaid at the 4¢ newspaper rate. Unfortunately, at this time printed circulars required the 8¢ book-packet rate. New York sent the letter to Holland under U.S.-Netherlands Convention of 1867 (letter addressed to Holland instead of Belgium) and marked circular as "short paid," debiting Holland the missing 4¢. Closed bag opened on the Dutch Moerdijk railroad post office and letter sent to Antwerp. Belgians marked 5 decimes postage due, 20 centimes for U.S. debit plus 30 centimes insufficiently paid mail fine.
Realized: $400