The "Andromeda" Collection of U.S. Bank Note Issue Covers continued...

**Mail to Germany continued...**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
2194		2c Brown, 12c Blackish Violet (157, 162). Tied by indistinct strike of New York Foreign Mail Geometric cancel, red "New York Br. Transit Nov. 9" (1874) circular datestamp on cover to Berlin, Prussia, slightly reduced at bottom, Very Fine, colorful usage, franked to pay double the 7c closed mail rate via England, the postal clerk must have noticed that it also prepaid double the 6c Direct rate via Bremen or Hamburg and so was carried aboard the HAPAG line's Thuringia (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 200-300 SOLD for $130.00 Will close during Public Auction
2195		Bank Note Issue Covers to Germany. Four, incl. 7c Closed Mail rate with 3c and 2c pair, 7c NGU Direct rate with same franking, 6c NGU Direct rate with pair of 3c tied by New York Foreign Mail Star cancel, strip of three 3c on 3c entire paying double 6c NGU Direct rate, minor wear and small faults, still Fine, an attractive group of Bank Note Issue covers showing different rates to Germany in the pre-UPU period (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 150-200 SOLD for $120.00 Will close during Public Auction
2196		7c Orange Vermilion (160). Tied by well-struck Star in Circle fancy cancel, matching "Millville O. Dec. 4" circular datestamp on cover to Vienna, Austria, red "New York Br. Transit Dec. 6" datestamp, receiving backstamp, receipt docketing at lower left has "1875" year date -- if correct this is overpaid for GPU/UPU rate (effective July 1875) -- Very Fine, ex Judd (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 150-200 SOLD for $130.00 Will close during Public Auction
2197		3c Green (158). Vertical pair tied by two strikes of New York Foreign Mail Geometric cancel (Weiss GE-EN3) and rim of red New York circular datestamp on 1874 folded cover to Trieste, Austria, sender's Dec. 4, 1874 backstamp, Trieste receiving backstamps, horizontal file fold, Very Fine, 6c NGU Direct rate to Austria (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 200-300 SOLD for $100.00 Will close during Public Auction

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