1865 & 1866 RUSSELL & STURGIS
FORWARDED LETTERS TO MASSACHUSETTS

HONG KONG to FAIR HAVEN, MASSACHUSETTS VIA MANILA

1866: 18c Lilac (4, SG 4). Horizontal strip of three, tied by black "B62"
handstamps on cover to Fair Haven Mass., oval "RUSSELL & STURGIS * MANILA*"
oval forwarder's handstamp in black, neat "Hong Kong MR 29, 1866" backstamp
where it entered the mails, London and New York transits, sent via Marseilles
and eventually on the HAPAG line's Saxonia to New York.
1c overpayment of 53c rate.


1865: 18c Lilac (4, SG 4). Vertical strip of three, tied by well-struck "B62"
barred oval handstamps on 1865 folded cover to Boston Mass., 
neat "Hong Kong AU 26, 1865" backstamp, "Russell & Sturgis* Manila*"
forwarder's handstamp, London transit, stamps also tied by red Boston arrival marking.

BOTH VERY SCARCE

Robert Siegel March 2006 Auction - each cover realized US$ 3,250.00.

4.30.2006