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Bidboard # 1900
Lot # 182
Catalogue Value or Estimate: $1,722.50
Price Realized: $140
USA Covers # 70b

The steel blue shade of the 24c Washington on rather tatty cover to Jersey in the Channel Islands. Dark blue dispatching cancel (appears to be a duplex) dated June 17 with red transit cancels: New York June 25th, London July 1st and receiving cancel July 2nd, all 1863. Docketing appears to note that the contents were forwarded to a lady in Guernsey. Stamp has a pre-affixing flaw lower left. A remarkable cover because of destination with clear postal markings. Stamp alone has catalogue value of $850.00. Owner's 2017 Scott for cover with blue cancel US$1,325.00=