portrait of General Butler in black flanked with flags and cannons, on cover franked with three 3c Rose and 12c Black (65, 69) all tied by large "Paid" in grid cancels, addressed to Dr. Henry C. Angell in Florence, Italy, red "Paid N. York Hamb. Pkt. Paid Sep 6" exchange datestamp, endorsed "Per Hammonia via Hamburg & N.Y." (but carried aboard the Teutonia), various German and Italian backstamps, very fine, several partial "Paid" handstamps suggest that one or more stamps may have been removed but the Philatelic Foundation declares it an accepted underpayment and it is being offered as-is, in any case an attractive cover from the famed Angell correspondence, 2023 Philatelic Foundation certificate

Provenance: Katharine Matthies (R.A. Siegel Sale 353, 1969)