Lot
5057 
1850 (Oct. 7) Baltimore Md. to Freiwaldau, Austrian Silesia, orange buff Glenn correspondence cover bearing 5¢ red brown (1), large margins to touched, light hor. crease at right, cancelled by red "5" handstamp, blue "Baltimore Md. May 26" cds, carried by Cunard Line Niagara from New York Oct. 9th to Liverpool arriving Oct. 20th, red London (10.21.1851) transit backstamp and manuscript "1/6" 1s6d debit rating, Aachen red "America per England" framed backstamp and blue ms. "15" sgr debit rating, Austria ms. "54" krCM final due rating, central wax seal stain, F.-V.F. and scarce use; with 1994 P.F. certificate. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Standard GAPU postage varied by weight and distance. US Postage 5¢, this cover weighed ¼ - ½ oz., single rate for US, UK, and Prussia, but double for Belgium, for a total of 54krCM.
Realized: $1,600