Lot no. 1592

1870/71, 1 c. blue, 6 c. carmine and horizontal pair 10 c. brown tied to cover with adjacent "BARDWELL'S FERRY MASS. APR. 3" (1876) to Ahmednaggar, India, showing on front red transit marks of New York and London, on reverse "SEA POST OFFICE" and arrival mark; a beautiful and rare 3-colour-franking to a scarce destination (Scott no. 156, 148, 161) Provenance: William J. Ainsworth (2009)