Scott #161

10c Brown, single, tied to deep blue folded-letter to Palermo, Italy, by well-struck black New York Foreign Mail circle-of-open-carets cancel (Weiss type #TR-W5), with red "New York Paid All Br Transit / Apr 18" exchange office cds, with a bright blue "Lawrence, Giles & Co. / New York" merchant's handstamp at left, with "Verona / 2 Mag" and "Palermo / Mag 5" transit and arrival backstamps, Very Fine, there are no faults, an exceptionally attractive 10c Continental Bank Note Co. cover.

Rupp Brothers’ buy-it-now selling price, to acquire this beautiful Scott #161 cover, is $395

Rupp Brothers, as a courtesy to our customers, pays all shipping and insurance costs.

Rupp Brothers was established in 1975 - our 49th year in business as professional philatelists

Contact Christopher Rupp to sell your quality United States Postal History:

Christopher Rupp, a knowledgeable professional philatelist with forty-nine years of experience, wants to speak with you if you are selling a high-quality United States postal history collection. Attractive covers with excellent markings, foreign destinations and patriotic or propaganda uses are keenly sought for a sophisticated and broadly-interested philatelic clientele. We are particularly interested in stampless-period covers with exceptional markings. We seek the highest quality and know we must pay the full market price to secure the finest covers.

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