| OCTOBER
6, 1871: 24c purple, 10c brown (#142, #139), brilliant colors, tied
by two strikes of segmented cork cancels on folded letter bearing red Boston
Paid, Storer OCT 6 forwarder, "30" (packet credit), LONDON PAID 17 OC 71
and first use of "Via Brindisi" on front, indecipherable 1871 Singapore
transit on reverse.
34c was
the single rate via Brindisi. The letter departed New York on October 7
on the North German Liner "WESER II".
The letter
expresses dismay at no letters from the Philippines and the failed nomination
of Ben Butler for Governor of Massachusetts.
A BRILLIANT
AND BRIGHT COVER
AND THE
FIRST ON THE BRINDISI ROUTING
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