Lot 207
1865 (Oct. 6) New York to Lyon, France, red c.d.s. on large blue cover bearing 90¢ blue (72) block of four, and 30¢ orange (71) pair tied by matching geometric corks, French "Etats-Unis / Paq. Fr. H. No. 1 / Oct 6" packet receiving mark applied in New York harbor, red crayon "336/28" for credit to France of $3.36 at the 28-times rate, red boxed "PD" handstamp, French backstamps comprise partial "19 Oct 65" and Lyon datestamps; 90¢ block with natural straight edge, cover reduced at top and left, cover discolored; Fine usage; 28-times the 15¢ rate via French mail.
THE HIGHEST RATED 1861 COVER TO FRANCE.
Expertization: Signed Ashbrook, 1991 P.F. Certificate.
This cover was franked with $4.20 prepaying 28-times the 15¢ French treaty rate for letters between 13.5 and 14.0 ounces. The credit to France was $3.36 for 28-times the 12¢ credit. The cover entered the mails in New York City leaving on the French Line's Ville de Paris on October 6, 1866 and arriving into Le Harve on October 19.
Literature:
Census listing No. 37 and illustrated in 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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