382nd Auction

1862/64, group of eleven folded lettersheets from New York to Aix La Chapelle (Aachen), most franked at the double rate with Benjamin Franklin 30 c. orange, other with 20 cents or 21 cents frankings, various endorsements "per Australasian", "P. Africa", etc., diverse cancellations incl. negative Four-Point Star or Barred Circle, all with arrival handstamps; mixed condition, scarce group

1870/72, Group of four covers to Sweden, all with various frankings, incl. a rare usage of the 1869 Pictorial 10 cts. with 2 cts. tied by ring cancel, overpaying the 11 cents rate via North German Union, cover struck in red with the German accountancy mark "Wfr. 1½" (very early example of the newly introduced tariff); some faults but a very unusual assembly