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lot # 19 - United States 19th Century Stamps and Postal History 1869 Pictorial Issue (112-122)

Wednesday Jan 26, 2022 10:00 America/New_York

120, 1869 24c Green and violet, canceled alongside two 10c Brown (150) on cover to Lima, Peru with "Portchester N.Y. Aug 4" datestamp alongside and a strong strike of red "New 24 York Aug 5" exchange datestamp, backstamped "Lima 1 Set 1870", Very Fine, 44c pays double the 22c rate to South America, according to the Searing census this is the only example of the 24c 1869 used with a 10c Banknote, a wonderful and unique franking, 1969 APEX certificate rnThe discovery of the "Davis" Correspondence of covers to Peru (also known as the "Portchester" Correspondence due to the origination of many of the covers) represented a watershed moment for collectors of high-value covers from the late 1860s and early 1870s (the full story of the discovery was told by Elliott Coulter in the 1982 Register of the 1869 Pictorial Research Associates). At least 12 covers bearing the 1869 24c stamp are known to have originated from this correspondence. The rate to South America via American Packet was reduced from 34c to 22c in March of 1870; therefore a 24c stamp would only be required on double-weight mail under the new rate. "Erivan" Collection Part VI

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