
Lot
84
(Depreciated Currency) Germany to New York City. 1864 folded letter sheet with partial origin cds and "New York Am. Pkt., Oct 3" exchange cds, "Aachen 10 Cts, 18 9" transit & "U.S. NOTES 111" handstamp, "via Ostende pr first mail steamer" routing and "60" due handstamp (30¢ per half ounce for up to an ounce), F.-V.F., probably per Hapag steamer "Saxonia" departing Hamburg 18-Sep, Southampton 21-Sep arriving New York 3-Oct, observed depreciated currency ratio 1.85. Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $900