12c Green, Re-Issue (128).
Superb centering and wide margins, deep rich color and proof-like
impression, negligible faint corner crease at top right, used with 1c
Buff, 2c Brown, Re-Issue (124, 133), rich colors, tied by circular cork
cancels, purple "Registered, Baltimore, Md. May 2, 1884" oval registry
datestamp on Frank Y. Jones (stamp dealer) corner card cover to
Budapest, Hungary, blue crayon registry mark, New York registry label
and backstamp, Budapest receiving backstamp, vertical fold at
leftVERY FINE. ONE OF TWO RECORDED COVERS BEARING THE 12-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL RE-ISSUE. THIS IS THE ONLY KNOWN 1869 RE-ISSUE COVER TO HUNGARY. A SPECTACULAR USAGE AND ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MACK COLLECTION.
According to the 1869 Census book, there are two 12c 1869 Re-Issue covers: the cover to Hungary offered here, and a cover to Germany bearing the 1c, 2c, 12c and 15c (ex Sheriff). The 15c postage on this cover pays the 5c U.P.U. rate and 10c registry fee. (Image)
24c Green & Violet, Re-Issue
(130). Choice centering, intense colors and proof-like impressions,
used with 1c Dark Ultramarine (182), deep shade, cancelled by
matching cork cancels, purple "Registered/Jun. 13, 1881/Brooklyn, N.Y."
datestamp on cover to Hanover, Germany, sent by R. R. Bogert,
well-known 19th century stamp dealer, his address label on back, German
registry label on front, receiving backstampsEXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF THREE RECORDED 24-CENT 1869 RE-ISSUE COVERS USED DURING THE PROPER TIME PERIOD, OF WHICH ONLY TWO ARE ADDRESSED TO A FOREIGN COUNTRY.
There are four recorded 24c 1869 Re-Issue covers, including one mailed in 1926, well out of the proper usage period for the 1869 Re-Issues. Of the three, one is addressed to Boston, and two are addressed to Germany.
Ex Waltes. (Image)