TRANSATLANTIC CLASSIC ISSUES COVER - PAPAL STATES TO U.S.A.A...

Hammer

£220

TRANSATLANTIC CLASSIC ISSUES COVER - PAPAL STATES TO U.S.A.AT 38 BAIOCCHI RATE; Attractive 23 May 1854 mourning env. from Rome to Philadelphia "Per steamer via Liverpool" with 1st-Issue Papal States 6b (near 4m) plus 2nd-Issue Papal States 8b (4; margins mostly clear) all tied by mainly fine small 2-ring "ROMA" cds's with French transit cds ("E. POST./2 ST. LOUIS 2") and "5/N. YORK BRITISH PKT" cds on the front. Most unusual and colourful early Transatlantic Italian States cover. Exhibition Item. [Ex Pennsylvania Historical Society 2007 auction.]Cross Reference: ITALIAN STATES, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA