Lot 182
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cover 4d. grey-lilac with small to good margins and 6d. deep green touched at foot, tied by light "1" obliterators on 1859 (9 Aug.) double rate entire to Baltimore, showing red crayon "8" (deleted), "STEAMSHIP/20" h.s. (crossed by vertical filing crease) with, on reverse, despatch and St. Thomas (14.8) datestamps; both adhesives with a small corner crease. A rare and most attractive franking illustrating the double 5d. rate to USA. S.G. 25, 28. Photo
cover 4d. grey-lilac with small to good margins and 6d. deep green touched at foot, tied by light "1" obliterators on 1859 (9 Aug.) double rate entire to Baltimore, showing red crayon "8" (deleted), "STEAMSHIP/20" h.s. (crossed by vertical filing crease) with, on reverse, despatch and St. Thomas (14.8) datestamps; both adhesives with a small corner crease. A rare and most attractive franking illustrating the double 5d. rate to USA. S.G. 25, 28. Photo

Details
cover 4d. grey-lilac with small to good margins and 6d. deep green touched at foot, tied by light "1" obliterators on 1859 (9 Aug.) double rate entire to Baltimore, showing red crayon "8" (deleted), "STEAMSHIP/20" h.s. (crossed by vertical filing crease) with, on reverse, despatch and St. Thomas (14.8) datestamps; both adhesives with a small corner crease. A rare and most attractive franking illustrating the double 5d. rate to USA. S.G. 25, 28. Photo
Provenance
Charlton Henry, 1961
Dale Lichtenstein, 1990