Lot 209
1856 (Sep. 8) New Orleans La. to Nantes, France, blue folded letter and prices current with blue New Orleans merchant cachet, bearing 5¢ red brown (12) deep rich color, large even margins, tied by "New Orleans La. Sep 8" c.d.s., red "New-York Br. Pkt. Sep 17" exchange office c.d.s., carried on the Cunard Line steamer Persia, which departed New York on September 17 and arrived at Liverpool on September 27, red Liverpool "29 SP 1856", "Etats-Unis. Paq. Brit. A. Calais 30 Sept. 56" entry c.d.s. with "13" (décimes) due handstamp, reverse with French transits including partial "Nantes 1 Oct. 56" arrival c.d.s., minor ink erosion in address and corner wear, Very Fine. Illustrated in Frajola and Mayer, p. 81, no. 10.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
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