cover 12c Black (17), vertical pair, clear to immense margins, used with 1c Blue type II (7), 3c Dull Red (11) and 10c Green type II (14), all with large margins to cut in, tied by red grids on very fresh neat 1856 blue folded cover to Hong Kong, bold red "Providence R.I. Oct 24" c.d.s., matching straight line "Paid" h.s., bold red "New-York Am. Pkt. Oct 25" exchange h.s., magenta ms. "12" credit (to Britain), red London transit, Hong Kong backstamp, carried by the Collins Line Ericsson, this cover paid the 38c rate to Hong Kong by Prussian Closed Mail via Trieste, cover file folds through one 12c and the 3c stamp, otherwise very fine, a very scarce rate to a better destination, a beautiful four-color franking cover with tremendous visual appeal photo

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cover 12c Black (17), vertical pair, clear to immense margins, used with 1c Blue type II (7), 3c Dull Red (11) and 10c Green type II (14), all with large margins to cut in, tied by red grids on very fresh neat 1856 blue folded cover to Hong Kong, bold red "Providence R.I. Oct 24" c.d.s., matching straight line "Paid" h.s., bold red "New-York Am. Pkt. Oct 25" exchange h.s., magenta ms. "12" credit (to Britain), red London transit, Hong Kong backstamp, carried by the Collins Line Ericsson, this cover paid the 38c rate to Hong Kong by Prussian Closed Mail via Trieste, cover file folds through one 12c and the 3c stamp, otherwise very fine, a very scarce rate to a better destination, a beautiful four-color franking cover with tremendous visual appeal photo

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Franked by the sender for Prussian Closed Mail, but obviously carried by British Mail. The estimate remains the same.