| OCTOBER
9, 1868: 30c orange, 2 copies (#71, #78), 24c lilac, tied by three
strikes of segmented cork cancels on folded letter bearing red BOSTON OCT
9 PAID, Storer forwarder, "2", LONDON PAID 20 OC 68, "68" (American
packet credit and "Via Marseilles" on front, Hong Kong transit and small
MANILA 9 DEC 68 receiver on reverse.
84c was
the double rate (42c) payment via Marseilles. The letter departed New York
on October 10 on the Inman Liner "CITY OF PARIS".
The letter
refers to the "close of the Spanish insurrection" and the up-coming Grant
Presidential election.
THE HIGHEST
FRANKED COMPLETE COVER
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