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

**Closed Mail Rates to Europe continued...**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
2234		2c Red Brown, Grill (135). H. Grill, clear grill points at center, used with 10c Green (68) on 3c Green entire (U84) to Geneva, Switzerland and forwarded to London, England, 10c straddle-pane margin at right, tied by blue circle of wedges cancel, matching "New Haven N.Y. May 22" (1871) circular datestamp, red "New York Paid All May 29" transit, 10c also tied by "More to Pay" handstamp, receiving backstamps, with original contents, Very Fine, unusual mixed-issue combination, the sender apparently prepaid the old 15c rate (overpaying reduced 10c rate) and the addressee had to pay 3 pence for forwarding (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 300-400 SOLD for $225.00 Will close during Public Auction
2235		6c Carmine (148). Used with vertical pair of 2c Brown (113), tied by red quartered cork cancels with matching "Baltimore Md./ Jun. 13" (1870) on small cover to Basle, Switzerland, monogram on flap, red "New York Paid All Br. Transit Jun. 14" transit datestamp ties 2c pair, receiving backstamp, Very Fine, a rare mixed-issue franking for the 10c Swiss Closed Mail rate and especially desirable with the Baltimore foreign-mail exchange office red datestamp and cancellations, ex Ainsworth (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 1,000-1,500 SOLD for $1,900.00 Will close during Public Auction
2236		2c Red Brown, 3c Green, 7c Vermilion (146, 147, 149). 2c vertical pair, 3c s.e., cancelled by small circle of narrow wedges and tied by three strikes of unusual "Valley O" hand-carved town datestamp (one with ms. date) on cover to Lenk, Switzerland, red "New York Paid All Via Eng. & Ostd. Nov. 27" (1872) transit datestamp ties 3c, transit and receiving backstamps, Very Fine, a colorful and very unusual franking, the Swiss Closed Mail rate was 10c, so the additional 2c pair was wasted (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 500-750 SOLD for $600.00 Will close during Public Auction
2237		1c Ultramarine, 3c Green, 24c Purple (145, 147, 153). Three-color combination tied by three strikes of large circular cork cancel with a punch at the center which has put a hole in each stamp -- this type of New York Foreign Mail cancel is new to us and unlisted in the reference books -- red "New York Registered Feb. 28" (1872) rimless datestamp on registered cover to Bern, Switzerland, sender's datestamp on back and ship-name directive "pr 'Allemannia'", red crayon "2" indicating double rate, "CHARGEE" Swiss framed registry handstamp, ms. registry numbers, Swiss transit and receiving backstamps, 1c s.e., stamps have small perf faults in addition to the cuts from punch cancel, otherwise Very Fine (the cover itself is in pristine condition), correctly prepaid for double 10c Swiss Closed Mail rate plus 8c registry fee, a fascinating and very rare cover (we suspect there is more to the story of this unusual punch cancellation) (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 750-1,000 SOLD for $1,100.00 Will close during Public Auction
2238		10c Brown (161). Horizontal pair, tied by two clear strikes of New York Foreign Mail Star cancel (Ty. ST-8P3), red "New York Paid All Via Eng. & Ostd. Aug. 15" (1874) transit datestamp on folded cover to Neuchatel, Switzerland, receiving backstamps, Very Fine strikes of Star cancel and transit datestamp, with 1987 Alcuri certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 400-500 SOLD for $325.00 Will close during Public Auction
2239		6c Dull Pink, 7c Vermilion, 12c Blackish Violet (149, 159, 162). Each stamp used separately on a short-paid cover to Switzerland, all three are yellow or buff covers to various places, each has "New York Via England & Ostend" transit datestamp (in black), "Via Ostende" and "Insufficiently Paid" straightlines, deficient postage for 10c Swiss Closed Mail rate expressed in centimes in blue crayon and postage due marked in red crayon, 7c No. 149 underpaid 3c, 6c No.159 underpaid 4c, 12c No. 162 underpaid 8c (double rate), last is missing top flap, otherwise Very Fine, a spectacular trio of covers showing the difficulty Swiss immigrants experienced in correctly prepaying the postage on mail to their homeland (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 500-750 SOLD for $425.00 Will close during Public Auction
2240		2c Brown, 6c Dull Pink (157, 159). Two of each, tied by well-struck New York Foreign Mail Star cancel (Weiss ST-8P3) on blue cover to Zurich, Switzerland, red "New York Paid All Via Bremen Aug. 19" (1874) transit datestamp, receiving backstamps, one of each slightly affected by placement near edge of cover, Very Fine appearance, correctly prepaid 16c for double 8c Swiss Closed Mail rate via Bremen (much scarcer than the 10c rate via England) (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 400-500 SOLD for $325.00 Will close during Public Auction
2241		7c Vermilion (149). Vivid color, perfs in at right, tied by quartered cork cancel with "San Francisco Cal. Jul. 3" (1875) duplex datestamp on 3c Green entire with grocer's overall advertisement and addressed to his wife in Vevey, Switzerland, with original letter on printed letterhead, red "New York Jul. 10" transit datestamp, receiving backstamp, Very Fine, prepaid for the 10c Swiss Closed Mail rate, but on July 1, 1875 -- just two days before mailing -- the new 5c GPU/UPU rate took effect, ex Albert (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 300-400 SOLD for $375.00 Will close during Public Auction

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