The Frelinghuysen Collection, Part One: United States Postmasters' Provisionals continued...

**New York, New York - Uses to Foreign Countries**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
87		New York N.Y., 5c Black, "AC M" Initials (9X1a). Position 16, ample to large margins, tied by red "New-York 5 Paid Nov. 29" foreign-mail integral-rate circular datestamp on 1845 folded letter to Trieste, care of London, England, endorsed "p. Str. Britannia via Boston" at lower left, London receiving backstamp, manuscript "1/-" British due rate, stamp with minor wrinkle at left center VERY FINE. A SCARCE USE OF THE NEW YORK POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL TO TRIESTE VIA LONDON. As usual for this correspondence, this cover was sent to James Lang in England and forwarded to Trieste outside the mails. Ex Lapham. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 2,000-3,000 SOLD for $4,250.00 Will close during Public Auction
88		New York N.Y., 5c Black, "ACM" Initials (9X1). Position 33, full attractive margins all around, tied by red "New-York 5 Paid Jul. 15" foreign-mail integral-rate circular datestamp on 1846 folded letter to Trieste, care of London, England, London address crossed out, endorsed "p. Str. Britannia via Boston & Halifax" at lower left, London receiving backstamp, manuscript "1/-" British due rate also crossed out VERY FINE AND SCARCE USE OF THE NEW YORK POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL TO TRIESTE VIA LONDON. As usual for this correspondence, this cover was sent to James Lang in England and forwarded to Trieste outside the mails. Ex Lapham (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 2,000-3,000 SOLD for $2,200.00 Will close during Public Auction
89		New York N.Y., 5c Black, Without Signature (9X1e). Position 39, large margins to clear at top, tied by red New York "Paid" arc handstamp and also by French transit, second strike of "Paid" at center, on blue folded cover docketed Dec. 14, 1846 to La Chaux-de-Fond, Switzerland, sender's ship-name directive "Caledonia" and "Via Paris", red "COLONIES/&c. ART. 13" framed Anglo-French accountancy handstamp, red "T.F." transit and bold manuscript "46" decimes due rate, British transit (Dec. 31) and Swiss backstamps, addressee's name has been erased resulting in thinning of the cover and small hole below the stamp, area backed with additional paper, also some soiling extending to bottom of stamp VERY FINE APPEARANCE. ONE OF ONLY FOUR RECORDED COVERS TO SWITZERLAND WITH THE NEW YORK POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL STAMP AND THE ONLY COVER BEARING THE UNSIGNED VARIETY. AN EXTRAORDINARY USE. Philip T. Wall records only three covers used to Switzerland, with this now the fourth. The finest known is the ex Grunin and Zoellner cover franked with an "A CM" stamp (9X1a). The cover offered here and one other cover have the addresses obliterated. Ex Lapham. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 5,000-7,500 SOLD for $3,500.00 Will close during Public Auction

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