Lot
766 
Negative Square in Circle, strong strike ties 6¢ carmine (148) together with 10¢ brown (150), on clean 1873 folded letter from New York City to Ariane, France, bold red "New York 'Paid 12' Mar 6" cds, endorsed per "Silesia", red London Paid (3.17.73) transit and matching small "PD" oval handstamp, numerous transit and arrival postmarks on reverse including Ariane (3.20) arrival; couple of trivial bends to stamps, Very Fine and choice, ex-Ainsworth, Richards. Weiss No. TR-M1 Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
ONE OF ONLY FIVE RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THIS NYFM CANCEL.
Illustrated in Weiss, page 444.
Realized: $800