August 2018 - Sneak Peek

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Figure 2. A double-rate cover prepaid for 25 cents from the U.S. to Argentina in 1868. It
shows 10 cents Argentine postage due.
The Brazil Line (U.S.A.)
Rosario weighed between a quarter- and a half-ounce [Figure
2]. The 25-cent rate was paid by a 24-cent gray-lilac Washington
and 1-cent blue Franklin F grill of the 1861 and 1867 issues,
respectively. They paid the single 10-cent Brazil Line rate
from New York to Rio plus the 15-cent double rate for Ligne K
service. New York struck the red 15 at the right to indicate a 15-
cent credit to France. The letter was again carried by Merrimack,
which left New York October 23 and arrived in Rio, probably
on November 20. The cover bears the same octagonal French
marking as the cover in Figure 1. This probably coincided with
the sailing of the Aunis to Buenos Aires. The blue crayon “10
¢” (double that of the prior cover) indicates the due postage in
Argentina.
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Figure 3. A triple-rate cover from Boston to Argentina in 1868 with 43
cents prepaid. It shows 15 cents Argentine postage due.
A third cover [Figure 3] weighed between one-half and
three-quarters of an ounce and was mailed February 20, 1868
from Boston to Rosario. It was prepaid 43 cents by a 3-, 10- and
30-cent stamp from the 1861 issue. This represented the sum of
20 cents (double the Brazil Line rate from New York to Rio) plus
22½ cents (triple the Ligne K rate). New York postal authorities
struck 22½ in red at the right to indicate its credit to France.
AUGUST 2018 / AMERICAN PHILATELIST 763