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cover 1c Blue type IV (9), horizontal pair, huge margins to just barely touching, light toning spots, tied by "Terre Haute, Ind. Aug 24" c.d.s. cancels on 1857 3c Red on white entire (U9) to Spezzia, Italy (Sardinia), black "New 3 York Sep 2" exchange h.s., ms. "via Liverpool steamer", black Calais transit, ms. "12" (decimes) due mark, Genoa, Parma and Spezzia backstamps, carried by the Cunard packet Arabia, the U.S. postage pays the 5c "shore to ship" portion of the 21c rate to Italy by British Open Mail via England and France with the balance of the postage due upon receipt, very fine, an attractive and colorful usage to Italy photo

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cover 1c Blue type IV (9), horizontal pair, huge margins to just barely touching, light toning spots, tied by "Terre Haute, Ind. Aug 24" c.d.s. cancels on 1857 3c Red on white entire (U9) to Spezzia, Italy (Sardinia), black "New 3 York Sep 2" exchange h.s., ms. "via Liverpool steamer", black Calais transit, ms. "12" (decimes) due mark, Genoa, Parma and Spezzia backstamps, carried by the Cunard packet Arabia, the U.S. postage pays the 5c "shore to ship" portion of the 21c rate to Italy by British Open Mail via England and France with the balance of the postage due upon receipt, very fine, an attractive and colorful usage to Italy photo