Lot 227
1857 (Jan. 13) New Orleans La. to Le Havre, France, blue folded letter bearing 5¢ red brown (12) deep rich color, ample to large margins, tied by "New Orleans La. Jan 13 1857" c.d.s., endorsed "Per Asia", red "New-York Br. Pkt. Feb 4" exchange office c.d.s. and matching "Too Late" straightline postmark, red Liverpool "14 FE 1857" transit backstamp, "Angl. Amb. Calais 15 Fevr. 57" entry c.d.s. with framed "G B / 1F 60C" debit and "8" (décimes) due handstamps, reverse with various French transits and "Havre 16 Fevr. 57" arrival c.d.s.; filing crease and toning, tiny edge tear, 5¢ with trivial marginal corner crease, Fine. Illustrated in Frajola and Mayer, p. 63, fig. 6-11.
Estimate 5,000 - 7,500
AUXILIARY MARKINGS ON 5¢ 1856 COVERS ARE RARE. THIS IS THE ONLY RECORDED "TOO LATE" MARKING.
Expertization: 1989 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Hubbard
The "Too Late" handstamp was applied in New York due to a postal delay causing the cover to miss the Asia as endorsed. It was carried on the seventh sailing of British packet service during the Three-Months Period.
Written up and illustrated in "Too Late", Walter Hubbard, The Chronicle 71, August 1971.
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