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Sale 89: The John Barwis Collection of Philadelphia Postal History

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Philadelphia Foreign Mail: 1860-1869 US-GB Treaty to UPU

Lot 3216    

1869 (Jun. 25) Philadelphia Pa. to Sherbourne, England, mourning cover bearing 12¢ green (117), detailed impression, tied by purple large grid foreign mail cancel, matching "Phila. Paid All Jun 25" exchange cds, carried by Inman Line City of Brooklyn from New York Jun. 26th to Queenstown arriving Jul 6th, Sherbourne (7.7) arrival backstamp; missing top flap, Very Fine, ex-Eubanks.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

This purple large grid foreign mail cancel is recorded used only from Jun. 8th to Jul. 16th 1869. It is known struck in purple and black.

Realized: $850

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