Lot 5002
New York, N.Y., 1845, 5¢ black on bluish, light blue folded letter care of Jas. Lang, London, England bearing New York, N.Y., 5¢ black on bluish (9X1a), Position 16, ample to large margins, tied by red "New-York '5 Paid' Nov 29" foreign-mail integral-rate cds, carried as endorsed by Cunard Britannia from Boston Dec. 2nd to Liverpool arriving Dec. 17th, red London (12.17) arrival backstamp and manuscript "1/-" due rating; stamp with minor wrinkle at left center, Very Fine and scarce, ex-Lapham, Frelinghuysen.Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
A SCARCE USE OF THE NEW YORK POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL TO TRIESTE VIA LONDON.
As usual for this correspondence, this cover was sent to James Lang in England and forwarded to Trieste outside the mails.
Realized: $2,500