Lot 229
1857 (Feb. 10) New Orleans La. to Nantes, France, blue folded cover bearing 5¢ red brown (12) large margins including part of adjacent stamp at right, used with 1¢ blue type II (7) pair, mostly large margins, cutting at bottom and right, and 3¢ deep brownish carmine (11) clear to large margins, tied together by bold grids and "New Orleans Feb. 10" c.d.s., red "New-York Br. Pkt. Feb 18" exchange office c.d.s., red Liverpool "3 MR 1857" transit backstamp, "Angl. Amb. Calais 3 Mars. 57" entry c.d.s. with framed "G B / 1F 60C" debit and "8" (décimes) due handstamps, re-rated to "16" in manuscript, reverse with additional "Paris à Brodeaux 4 Mars 57" transit; horizontal file fold, Very Fine, double the 5¢ British open mail rate per ½ ounce via British packet, plus double-weight 16 décimes due (7.5 to 15 grams) for postage from England to France. Illustrated in Frajola and Mayer, p. 65, fig. 6-13.
Estimate 50,000 - 75,000
THE MOST STRIKING COVER OF THE "THREE-MONTHS" PERIOD WITH A FABULOUS THREE COLOR FRANKING.
Provenance: Baker, Waterhouse, Grunin
Carried on the ninth sailing of British packet service during the Three-Months Period.
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