Lot 210
1856 (Sep. 11) Galveston, Tex. to Nantes, France, blue folded cover bearing 5¢ red brown (12) lovely deep color, ample to large margins irregularly cut in shape of parallelogram, tied by boldly struck "Galveston Tex. Sep 11 1856" c.d.s., red "New-York Br. Pkt. Sep 23" exchange office c.d.s., transferred to Boston for the Cunard Line steamer Arabia, which departed on September 24 and arrived at Liverpool on October 4, red Liverpool "6 OC 1856" transit backstamp, "Etats-Unis. Paq. Brit. A. Calais 6 Oct. 56" entry c.d.s. (tying stamp) with matching "13" (décimes) due handstamp, French backstamps including "Nantes 7 Oct. 56" arrival c.d.s.; erosion along file fold reinforced and address restored, refolded at top, Very Fine appearing. Illustrated in Frajola and Mayer, p. 81, no. 12.
Estimate 5,000 - 7,500
A RARE 1856 5¢ USAGE FROM TEXAS WITH FEWER THAN SIX RECORDED.
Provenance: Grunin
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