Lot 243
1857 (May 10) New Orleans La. to Paris, France, datelined folded letter bearing 5¢ red brown (12) horizontal strip of three, bright color, large to huge margins showing portions of three adjoining stamps at bottom, barely touched on other sides, tied by "New Orleans La. May 10 1857" c.d.s., red "New York 'Paid 12' May 27" exchange office c.d.s., carried on the Cunard Line steamer Asia, which departed New York on May 27 and arrived at Liverpool on June 8, French "Et. Unis Serv. Br. A. C. 9 Juin 57" entry c.d.s. with red boxed "P.D." handstamp, "Paris 9 Juin 57" arrival backstamp; lacking left and bottom flaps, filing crease in margin only between left pair, Fine. Illustrated in Frajola and Mayer, p. 73, fig. 6-20.
Estimate 10,000 - 15,000
Expertization: Signed Stanley Ashbrook.
Provenance: Tapp, Rohloff, Reed
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