12c Green (117). Fresh color, cancelled by grid with second strike below, "Newport R.I. Sep. 3" (1869) circular datestamp on small cover to Liverpool, England, and forwarded to Ventnor, Isle of Wight, red "New York Sep. 4" exchange office circular datestamp ties stamp, red Liverpool arrival datestamp, Ventnor arrival datestamp and "1d" due handstamp for forwarding, backstamped at London and Ventnor, fresh and Extremely Fine, a lovely cover, ex Gibson, Haas, Jordan, Hill and Barwis, with 2008 P.F. certificate

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12c Green (117). Rich color, used with 2c Brown (113), tied by target cancel and by one of two strikes of "Providence R.I. Jan. 24" (1870) circular datestamp on cover to Rome, Italy, red "New York Paid All Direct Jan. 25" and receiving backstamps, red "4" credit handstamp, red boxed "Hamburg Franco" transit datestamp, purple "PD" handstamp and red "1-1/2Wf." German credit handstamps, 2c stamp with a couple short perfs, Very Fine cover paying the 14c rate by NGU Direct Mail, carried on the HAPAG Holsatia, which departed New York Jan. 25, 1870, and arrived in Plymouth on Feb. 4

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12c Green (117). Cancelled by quartered cork with "Washington D.C. May 19" (1869) circular datestamp on folded letter to Newcastle, England, red "New York Paid All May 20" transit datestamp and red London transit datestamps, receiving backstamp, stamp with small corner perf tip crease and short perf at left, appears Very Fine, with clear 1997 A.P.S. certificate

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12c Green (117). Tied by cork cancel on cover to Keswick, England with green "Patent Arion Piano, Covell & Co." illustrated design, depicts Greek Arion playing the lyre and riding a dolphin with a ship in the distance (Arion was mythically kidnapped by pirates and rescued by dolphins), red "New York Paid All Jun. 23" circular datestamp, 1869 docketing, Keswick backstamp, cover with some edge tears and some toning around stamp, still an attractive and most unusual pictorial design with the 12c 1869 Issue, probably unique

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12c Green (117). Rich color, short perfs at top, used with 3c Ultramarine (114) and tied by quartered cork cancels, red "New York Paid 3 Sep. 28" credit datestamp on cover to Paris, France, red boxed "PD" handstamp, blue French transit datestamp, Very Fine, with 2000 P.F. certificate

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12c Green (117). Used with 6c Carmine (148) and pair of 2c Brown (146), tied by "Richmond Me. Jul. 1" (1870) circular datestamps and cork on cover to Callao, Peru, red New York 12c credit datestamp, some edgewear, one 2c faulty, otherwise Very Fine and colorful

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12c Green (117). Tied by 5-Point Solid Star fancy cancel with purple "Phila Paid All May 11" (1869) circular datestamp on Leicester Knitting Mills corner card cover to London, England, red London receiving datestamp, Philadelphia Station backstamp, carried on Cunarder Scotia from New York on May 12, arriving Queenstown May 21, Very Fine, a scarce combination of a fancy star cancel and corner card cover bearing the 12c Adriatic, ex Haas, with 2002 and 2019 P.F. certificates

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12c Green (117). Used with 3c Ultramarine (114) and 15c Black, F. Grill (98), each with perfs slightly in, tied by quartered cork cancel, "Greencastle Pa. Nov. 8" circular datestamp on yellow cover to Berlin, Germany, red "New York Paid All Br. Transit Nov. 9" and Verviers-Cologne transits, receiving backstamp, slightly reduced at right, Very Fine, an extraordinary three-stamp mixed-issue franking for the double rate, ex Kuphal

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12c Green (117). Straight edge at right, used with 2c Black (73), tied by unusual blue "Pinwheel" fancy cancels, matching "Galva Ill. Oct. 26" (1869) circular datestamp on undertakers and furniture dealer's buff corner card cover to Gefle, Sweden, red "4 Cents" credit handstamp (rare type), red boxed "Hamburg Franco" datestamp, receiving backstamp, small cover tear at top, Very Fine and rare use, only one other Black Jack-12c 1869 Pictorial Issue combination is known, this is also one of perhaps four or five examples of the 12c used to Sweden (three are listed in the 1869 PRA Census), with 2019 P.F. certificate

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12c Green (117). Tied by red split cork foreign mail cancel with matching "Baltimore Md. Nov. 16" (1869) circular datestamp on cover to Oxford, England, red "New York Nov. 17" circular datestamp, docketed across the entire back with the subject of the letter, Very Fine, a rare example of this Baltimore foreign mail cancel on the 12c Adriatic on cover

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