Lot 206
1864 (Dec. 14) New Orleans, La. to Bordeaux, France, duplex c.d.s. with four-rings cancelling 90¢ blue (72) along with 3¢ rose, 12¢ black (65, 69) on rebacked cover front, endorsed "by first steamer", red "New York Paid Dec 24" transit c.d.s., magenta "42" credit (7-times 6¢), red "Calais 8 Janv 1865" transit and matching boxed "PD" handstamp; 12¢ with nibbed perf and 3¢ with natural s.e., sealed cover tear at top left; Very Fine usage with attractive three-color franking; seven-times the 15¢ rate via American Packet to London, thence by French mail through Calais.
Expertization: 1972 P.F. Certificate.
Literature:
Census listing No. 41 from the Herzog and Starnes census, 'Cover Usages of the 90¢ 1861 and 1868 Issues', The Chronicle, No. 140, Vol. 40 No. 4, pp. 260-265.
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