Lot 95
1856, 5¢ red brown (12), margins touching to slightly in, cancelled by syncopated grid, along with 10¢ green type II (14) margins to cutting, matching "Swanton Vt. Sep 3" c.d.s. on small cover to Aiodilion France, red "New York ‘Paid ’ Sep 3" exchange office c.d.s., partial "Le Havre 19 Sept. 57" entry c.d.s. and red boxed "PD" handstamp, reverse with various French transits including "Aiodilion 21 Sept. 57" arrival c.d.s.; small cover faults including lower left corner repair with tape staining, some toning, Fine, the 15¢ treaty per ¼ ounce carried by American Packet Direct to Le Havre. Illustrated in Frajola and Mayer, p. 28, fig. 3-27.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
THE ONLY 5¢ 1856 COVER ORIGINATING IN VERMONT.
Expertization: 1980 P.F. Certificate.
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