Lot 415
5c. red brown, deep and fresh colour, large to huge margins with part of adjoininig stamp at left, tied by blue circular cancel with matching integral-rate cds. "PHILADA. Pa. Feb. 4 5cts" alongside to folded letter to Amsterdam, Holland, front with sender's routing "Steamer from Boston to Liverpool" and manuscript "110" Dutch cents due marking, "1/4" debit for postage due to Great Britain, red Liverpool transit and red Amsterdam arrival mark on reverse, extremely fine and perhaps the finest 1847 cover to Holland. Note: This letter was carried on the Cunarder Niagara, departing Boston on Feb. 6, 1850, and arriving in Liverpool on Feb. 18. Some covers from Philadelphia to Boston have a single 5c 1847 stamp for the under-300 miles rate, while others have a 5c pair or single 10c 1847 for the over-300 miles rate (the straight-line distance is 267 miles). Provenance: Ackerman Armitage Robert Lebow Joseph Hackmey
