Lot 236
1857 (Mar. 17) New Orleans La. to Bordeaux, France, blue folded letter bearing 5¢ red brown (12) full to huge margins, tied by "New Orleans La. Mar. 17" c.d.s., reverse with "Boston Br. Pkt. 25 Mar" exchange office c.d.s., red Liverpool "7 AP 1857" transit backstamp, "Angl. Amb. Calais 7 Mars. 57" entry c.d.s. with framed "G B / 1F 60C" debit and "8" (décimes) due handstamps, reverse with French transits including Bordeaux Apr. 9 arrival c.d.s.; tiny edge tear, Very Fine. Illustrated in Frajola and Mayer, p. 66, fig. 6-15.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
Provenance: Grunin
Carried on the fourteenth sailing of British packet service during the Three-Months Period.
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