Lot 251
1858 (Oct. 12) Boston Ms. to Lyons, France, blue envelope bearing 5¢ red brown (12) huge margins including part of adjacent stamp at right, and 1857 10¢ green type II (32) tied by Boston "Paid" grid, red "Boston 'Paid 12' 12 Oct" and "Boston Br. Pkt. 12 Oct" (backstamp) exchange office datestamps, transferred to New York for the Cunard Line steamer Arabia, which departed on October 13 and arrived at Liverpool on October 25, French "Et. Unis Serv. Br. A. C. 25 Oct. 58" entry c.d.s., reverse with French transit and arrival c.d.s., Very Fine, Illustrated in Frajola and Mayer, p. 85, no. 36.
Estimate 5,000 - 7,500
THE LATEST RECORDED USAGE OF THE 1856 5¢ ON TRANSATLANTIC MAILS.
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