Lot 191
1857 (Feb. 7) New Orleans La. to Genes (Genoa), Sardinia, blue folded prices current (printed on both sides) bearing 5¢ red brown (12) deep rich color, ample to large margins, tied by "New Orleans La. Feb 1857" c.d.s., red "New-York Br. Pkt. Feb 18" exchange office c.d.s., red British "3 MR 1857" transit backstamp, "Angl. Amb. Calais 3 Mars. 57" entry c.d.s. with framed "G B / 1F 60C" debit handstamp and manuscript "10" (décimes) due rating, reverse with "Paris 4 Mars 57" transit and red boxed "Genoa" receiver, blue New Orleans merchant cachet; 5¢ with barely discernable corner crease at top right, Very Fine, the 5¢ British open mail rate via British packet, plus 10 décimes due for postage from England to Italy. Illustrated in Frajola and Mayer, p. 100, fig. 8-6.
Estimate 5,000 - 7,500
This letter was exchanged at New York City and carried on the ninth sailing during the Three Month period by Cunard Line steamer Africa, which departed from New York on February 18 and arrived into Liverpool on March 2.
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