Census of 15c Brown & Blue, Type III, 1869 Pictorial Re-Issue on Cover (Scott 129)
4 Census Records

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March 20, 1884 datestamp
1c Buff, 2c Brown, 12c Green, 15c Brown & Blue, Re-Issue (123, 124, 128, 129). Four stamps tied by "New York R" registry oval cancel on 7 by 4-1/2 in. cover to Braunschweig, Germany, four-times 5c U.P.U. rate (for two ounces) plus 10c registry fee, sender's route instructions "Via England per City of Chester", two clear strikes of purple "Registered/Mar. 20, 1880/New York P.O." three-line datestamp, German registry label, New York registry and Braunschweig receiving backstamps, return address "3 Veasy St" on back was the location of N.F. Seebeck, one of the stamp dealers who used 1869 Re-Issues.

Provenance:

Haas Collection
Sheriff Collection
5/12/2006, Coulter Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, The Elliott Coulter Collection of The U.S. 1869 Pictorial Issue, Sale 911, Lot 341, Realized $16,000, realized

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5/2/2003, Lafayette Collection, Matthew Bennet Auctions, Sale 261, Lot 1311, "upper left corner of front of envelope has been expertly restored"

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July 1884 postmark, used with natural straight edge 5c Brown (76) on cover to Austria

Provenance:

4/5/1986, Siegel Auction Galleries, 1986 Rarities of the World, Sale 660, Lot 121, Realized $8,500, sale, realized

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Provenance:

Haas Collection
5/12/2006, Coulter Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, The Elliott Coulter Collection of The U.S. 1869 Pictorial Issue, Sale 911, Lot 341, Realized $16,000, realized
12/10-14/2012, Belasco Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, United States and Foreign Stamps and Covers, Sale 1037, Lot 2639, Realized $10,500, realized
12/17-19/2014, Siegel Auction Galleries, United States, Possessions and Confederate States Stamps and Postal History, Sale 1090, Lot 2253, Realized $28,000, realized

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Census of 15c Brown & Blue, Type III, 1869 Pictorial Re-Issue on Cover (Scott 129)4 Census Records