Lot 426
1847, 5¢ red brown (1), ample to large margins, tied by bold red 5 on 1848 folded cover to Bordeaux, France with matching second strike of rate handstamp along with "Paid" and "U.S. Express Mail N. York N.Y. May 2" c.d.s. at far right, red "Colonies &c. Art. 13" boxed handstamp and bold black Boulogne-S-Mer c.d.s., manuscript 20 decimes due, London, Paris and Bordeaux backstamps; first line of address originally struck out in pen and mostly removed, Very Fine, very rare with this numeral handstamp used with an adhesive. Illustrated in Alexander, p. 726.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
Expertization: 1999 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Stollnitz
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