Lot 233
1857 (Mar. 1) New Orleans La. to Marseilles, France, blue folded cover bearing 5¢ red brown (12) ample to large margins, tied by "New Orleans La. Mar 1 1857" c.d.s., partial "New-York Br. Pkt." exchange office c.d.s., red Liverpool "30 MR 1857" backstamp, "Angl. Amb. Calais 30 Mars 57" entry c.d.s. with framed "G B / 1F 60C" debit and "8" (décimes) due handstamps, reverse with French transits, paper loss from ink erosion in address, Very Fine and choice. Illustrated in Frajola and Mayer, p. 84, no. 27.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
Provenance: Gore, Haas
Carried on the thirteenth sailing of British packet service during the Three-Months Period.
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