Lot 231
1857 (Feb. 23) New Orleans La. to Bordeaux, France, blue folded letter with embossed merchants cachet, bearing 5¢ red brown (12) ample to large margins, tied by boldly struck "New Orleans La. Feb 23" c.d.s. and red "New-York Br. Pkt. Mar 4" exchange office c.d.s., red Liverpool "17 MR 1857" backstamp, "Angl. Amb. Calais 17 Mars 57" entry c.d.s. with framed "G B / 1F 60C" debit and "8" (décimes) due handstamps, reverse with French transit and "Bordeaux 19 Mars 57" arrival c.d.s., front panel with small tear in cachet and erosion in address, Fine. Illustrated in Frajola and Mayer, p. 84, no. 26.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
Provenance: Eno
Carried on the eleventh sailing of British packet service during the Three-Months Period.
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