tied by red "Baltimore Md. Dec 15" foreign mail duplex to 1868 cover to Rome, Italy, red "New York Br. Transit Dec 16" backstamp, red "Verviers Coeln Franco" transit, blue crayon credit and black "P.P." handstamp, Italian manuscript due, Verona transit and Rome arrival backstamps, light horizontal bend across top from heavy enclosure (still present), fine short-paid North German Union use