Lot 1281
1856, 5¢ red brown (12), large margins to slightly in on two sides, tied by boldly struck "Baresville Ohio Jun 11" c.d.s. on 1857 buff envelope to Schwyz, Switzerland, black "New York '6' Jun 16" intregral debit exchange office c.d.s., French "Et Unis Serv. Br. A.C. 29 Juin 57" entry c.d.s., reverse with Paris Jun. 30, Basel Jul. 1, and Bern Jul. 3 transits, red crayon "230" (rappen) due; slight edge wear, Very Fine, prepaid the 5¢ British open mail rate per ½ ounce, actually sent unpaid at the 42¢ French mail rate for ¼ - ½ ounce equivalent to 230 rappen due from addressee. Illustrated in Frajola and Mayer, p. 123, fig. 10-5.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
Provenance: Gibson, Hubbard, Mayer
The cover was prepaid at the British open mail rate of 5¢ but the New York clerk disregarded the prepayment and sent the cover at the French mail rate of 42¢ for a letter weighing between ¼ and ½ ounce. The cover was exchanged in the New York office with the debit 6¢ datestamp, representing the United States debit to France for the inland postage. It was carried by the Cunard Line steamer America, which departed from Boston on June 17 and arrived at Liverpool on June 28, 1857. It bears a French entry postmark of June 29 from Calais, which indicates that it is a letter from the United States that was carried via Great Britain. The cover bears a red crayon 230 rappen due notation representing the Swiss equivalent of the 42-cent rate. It has a Bern transit backstamp of July 3, 1857.
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