Lot
5118 
1867 (Nov. 12) Savannah, Ga. to Rendsburg, Holstein, registered folded cover showing blue "Savannah, Ga. Nov 12" cds and "Registered" framed handstamp with matching open grids tying two 30¢ orange (71) vertical pairs and 5¢ brown (76) single, red "New York, Registered, Nov 19, 1867" rimless transit and red crayon "28" credit (7-times 4¢), carried by Cunard Line Java from Boston Nov. 20th to Liverpool arriving Dec. 3rd, blue Verviers Coeln (12.3) transit backstamp and manuscript "19" Sbgr. (45¢) due rating; vertical file fold, 5¢ with some slight perf toning, a Very Fine use, overpayment of the four-times 28¢ Prussian closed mail rate plus 5¢ registry fee, ex-Paliafito, DuPuy. Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
A RARE FOREIGN REGISTRY USAGE TO GERMANY WITH THE FEE PAID BY STAMPS.
The Aachen Exchange Office began using blue ink for their markings in 1865. This quadruple-rate wrapper had the registry fee paid by a stamp rather than cash, which was common practice by this time.
The convention with the North German Union became effective 1 January 1868, and ended the Prussian Closed Mail agreement. Instead of the customary "AACHEN FRANCO" marking for Prussian Closed Mail, this cover bears the marking of the Verviers-Coeln Railway Post Office, the name of the Aachen Exchange Office under the NGU convention. The December 5, 1867 date on this and one other cover is its earliest known use.
Realized: $4,750