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red first day of issue datestamp on cover with 1851 3c Orange brown, Type I (10, position 1R1E), margins clear to grazing at left, tied by black grid, addressed to Uxbridge, Massachusetts, small corner stain lightly cleaned, very fine and choice, a gem first day cover of the 1851 3c issue, Wilson Hulme recorded 43 July 1 covers for this issue, of the four from Hartford this is the only example with the stamp tied, ex-Simpson, Shaughnessy, Baker, and Wagshal, 1978 Philatelic Foundation certificate

black datestamp on cover to Hamburg, Germany franked with horizontal strip of three 1855 10c Green, Type I (13, positions 98-100R1), margins to in, tied by magenta grids, backstamped "Boston Br. Pkt. Apr 9", "7" credit to Prussia, red boxed "Aachen 22 4 Franco" handstamp also ties, arrived Hamburg April 23, very fine and attractive in every regard, a wonderful use of the imperforate 10c Type I, 1988 Philatelic Foundation certificate

black datestamp duplexed with heart tie 1861 10c Green (68) to cover to Copenhagen, Denmark, black "New York Direct Mar 22" transit, as the rate was 13c the letter was marked "Insufficiently Paid" and the stamp disregarded, carried on HAPAG's Cimbria arriving Hamburg April 2, backstamped Copenhagen April 4, fine and attractive

light black grid, three full margins and in at bottom, light horizontal crease and few small light facial scrapes, fine appearance, 2011 Weiss certificate (Scott $800)

lightly canceled, three ample margins, few tiny faults not readily visible, fine, 2012 Weiss certificate (Scott $775)