Lot 190
1856 (Dec. 9) New Orleans La. to Intra, Piedmont (Sardinia), folded letter bearing 5¢ red brown (12)exceptionally deep color, large to enormous margins including part of adjacent stamp at top, tied by "New Orleans La. Dec 9" c.d.s., red "New-York Br. Pkt. Dec 24" exchange office c.d.s., red Liverpool "5 JA 1856" transit backstamp, "Etats-Unis. Paq. Brit. A. Calais 5 Janv. 57" entry c.d.s. with matching framed "GB /1F 60C" debit handstamp, various French and Italian transits, "Intra 10 Gen 57" receiving backstamp, manuscript "10" due rating; top flap detached, a Very Fine usage, the 5¢ British open mail rate carried by British packet per ½ ounce, plus 10 décimes due for sea postage and postage from England to Sardinia. Illustrated in Frajola and Mayer, p. 99, fig. 8-5.
Estimate 4,000 - 5,000
Provenance: Caspary
This letter was sent during the Three Months period when the new treaty between Great Britain and France was in effect, but before the treaty between the United States and France became effective. Under this convention, mails that passed through Great Britain bound for France, or points beyond, received a British debit to France. When the Franco-British Convention went into effect on January 1, 1857, the sea postage and postage from England to Sardinia collected on delivery was lowered to 10 décimes for a single rate letter.
This letter was exchanged at New York City and carried on the first sailing during the Three Month period by Cunard Line steamer Africa, which departed from New York on December 24, 1856 and arrived in Liverpool on January 4, 1857. It arrived at Intra on January 10 with a 10 décimes rating for postage due from addressee.
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