used Blue vertical strip of five [51, 56, 61, 66, 71] with good to large margins (light gum staining in right margin) and single [52], with 10c. red plate X singles (5, positions 81 to 85, two are touched or cut into) on 1863 E. (slightly age spotted filing crease and small tear at foot) from Amsterdam (12.7) to New York via London (14.7), cancelled by framed "FRANCO" and strip additionally tied by "NEW YORK/AM.PKT." c.d.s. (25.7) and showing various accountancy h.s. adjacent. A very rare strip of five in vertical format representing a most impressive franking. Photo