Lot 238
1857 (Mar. 23) New Orleans La. to Paris, France, blue folded cover bearing 5¢ red brown (12) three large margins, just touching at bottom, tied by "New Orleans Mar 23 1857" c.d.s., reverse with black "Boston Br. Pkt. 8 Apr" exchange office c.d.s., red Liverpool "21 AP 1857" transit backstamp, "Angl. Amb. Calais 21 Avril 57" entry c.d.s. with framed "G B / 1F 60C" debit and "16" (décimes) double-weight due handstamps, reverse with "Paris 22 Avril. 57" arrival c.d.s.; slight toning, Very Fine. Illustrated in Frajola and Mayer, p. 84, no. 30.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
Expertization: Signed Stanley B. Ashbrook.
Provenance: Hubbard
Carried on the sixteenth, and last sailing of British packet service during the Three-Months Period.
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