Lot 237
1857 (Mar. 21) New Orleans La. to Paris, France, blue folded cover bearing 5¢ red brown (12) three large margins, well clear at bottom, tied by "New Orleans La. Mar. 21 1857" c.d.s., red "New-York Br. Pkt. Apr 1" exchange office c.d.s., red Liverpool "13 AP 1857" transit backstamp, "Angl. Amb. Calais 13 Avril 57" entry c.d.s. with framed "G B / 1F 60C" debit and "16" (décimes) double-weight due handstamps, reverse with "Paris 14 Avril 57" arrival c.d.s.; light vertical file folds, Very Fine. Illustrated in Frajola and Mayer, p. 67, fig. 6-16.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
Carried on the fifteenth sailing of British packet service during the Three-Months Period.
The new postal convention between the United States and France became effective on April 1, 1857. However, the 5¢ British open mail rate was not discontinued even though it no longer appeared in the rate tables. The same method of accounting used during the Three Months Period, including the use of the rectangular debit handstamp, and the same French postage due rates were applied. Examples of such usages on covers that were carried on the two Cunard Line sailings of April 1 (fifteenth) and April 8 (sixteenth) are known. The recorded covers for the sailings were posted in New Orleans before the new rate was in effect on April 1.
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| Realized $1,800 |
