#24 1c Blue and #29 5c Brown, Tied on 1858 Cover to Germany

Constableville, N.Y. to Friedewald, Germany, August 30, 1858 folded letter. Blue “Constableville N.Y. Aug 30” circular datestamp, with sharp “N. York U.S. Pkt. ‘14’ Sep 4” debit exchange marking. Carried by Vanderbilt Line Ariel from New York Sep. 4 to Bremen, arriving Sep. 22; red “24/9 KrR America über Bremen” transit handstamp, blue crayon “3” rating, and treated as wholly unpaid due to underpayment of the 22c Bremen-Hamburg rate. Reverse with Cassel, Hersfeld, and Friedewald Sep. 23 arrival markings.