Lot
1751 
1873, 10¢ brown, tied by quartered cork cancel duplexed with "San Francisco Cal. Oct 11" cds on cover to Col. James Bassell, Egyptian Army, Cairo, Egypt, cover was underpaid for the 15¢ N.G.U. closed mail rate via Brindisi as endorsed and therefore treated as totally unpaid, plethora of due ratings and transits on front and back including "Insufficiently Paid" in three different languages, black "New York Br. Transit Oct 20" backstamp and "Insufficiently Paid" straightline, Trieste, Alexandria and Cairo (11.12) backstamps, Egyptian "3" Piasters due rating handstamp; reduced at left, otherwise Very Fine and remarkable insufficiently prepaid use to Egypt. Scott No. 161 Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Realized: $1,150