Lot 235
1857 (Mar. 15) New Orleans La. to Bordeaux, France, blue folded letter written in French with blue New Orleans merchant handstamp, bearing 5¢ red brown (12) three huge margins, close at left, tied by "New Orleans La. Mar 15" c.d.s., black "Boston Br. Pkt. Mar 25" exchange office and red Liverpool "7 AP 10857" backstamps, "Angl. Amb. Calais 7 Avril 57" entry c.d.s. with framed "G B / 1F 60C" debit (both tying stamp) and "16" (décimes) double-weight due handstamps, reverse with French transit and "Bordeaux 9 Avril 57" arrival c.d.s.; some soiling and tiny edge faults, Fine. Illustrated in Frajola and Mayer, p. 84, no. 29.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
Provenance: Gibson, Eno, Rohloff
Carried on the fourteenth sailing of British packet service during the Three-Months Period. This was the last sailing to arrive in France prior to the introduction of the new United States-France Convention rate rate of 15¢ on April 1, 1857.
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