Lot
5091 
1859 (Nov. 25) Peoria, Ill. to Fieburg im Breisgau, Baden, orange buff cover bearing 10¢ green, types II-III (32-33) horizontal pair and 10¢ green, type V (35), each cancelled by matching grid cancel, pair tied by "Peoria Ills., Nov 25, 1859" cds, red "N.York, Br. Pkt. 'Paid 7' Nov 20" credit exchange cds, carried by Cunard Line Canada from Boston Nov. 30th to Queenstown arriving Dec. 12th, red "Aachen, Franco, 13/12" framed transit, blue ms. "2/" kr local postage due rating, indistinct arrival backstamp; small stamp faults from edge placement, minor cover mend bottom left, F.-V.F. and rare 10¢ 1857 type II, III, V combination use; with 1975 P.F. certificate. Estimate $300 - 400.
Addresses entirely in German script would not have been comprehensible to an English speaker, so bilingual writers often added "Germany" in English cursive, as on the top cover.
Realized: $250