U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
September 20-21, 2016
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #252 GERMAN STATES Hannover 1866 (13 Oct) cover (with letter of contents) to Paris, and then redirected to Breuil par St. Andre de L'Eure, franked with 3gr brown (trimmed at bottom), used in combination with Prussia 1sgr rose and 6pf orange (Mi.15a,16a) all tied by blue "HANNOVER 10 / 13" cds, with "2 1/2" manuscript and "PD" in red, along with blue "PRUSSE ERQUELINES" entry, "PARIS-CHERBOURG" T.P.O. cds and arrival pmk. A fine and colorful mixed Hannover + Prussia cover (minor backflap tears), used shortly after the Prussian-Austrian war, when Prussia annexed part of Hannover. The use of mixed country adhesives were permitted from 1-31 October, hence this cover is an example of early mixed-franking usage permitted by the Prussians, apparently the only recorded to a foreign destination, with 1999 Maria Brettl certificate ("Eine sehr seltene Frankatur")  Catalog #Mi.25y | Price Realized $8,000.00 |
