Lot
3215 
1869 (Jun. 8) Philadelphia Pa. to Liverpool, England, cover bearing 12¢ green (117), rich color, tied by blue six-section circular grid foreign mail cancel (Barwis PFM 69-2), purple "Phil'a Paid All, Jun 2" exchange cds, carried by NGL Line Weser II from New York Jun. 10th to Southampton arriving Jun. 20th, forwarded by Messrs. Brown Shipley & Co. to Denmark, docketed as received July 11th in Copenhagen, Very Fine. Estimate $300 - 400.
ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THIS PHILADELPHIA BLUE SIX-SECTION GRID FOREIGN MAIL CANCEL.
Barwis records this Philadelphia blue six-section grid foreign mail cancel from April 5th to Jun. 8th 1869.
Realized: $325