Lot 1306
13-Section Grid (Weiss TR-G30), bolds strike ties 10¢ brown (150) on 1872 folded cover from Marseilles, France to Laguna, Mexico via New York, blue "Chaix-Bryan & Co., Marseilles" company oval, black "New York Jul 24" c.d.s. also ties 10¢ black Mexican "2" reales due rating for inland postage, interior docketing, Very Fine.
Estimate $400 - 500
Letter was privately carrier transatlantic and dropped into U.S. mails at New York, and placed aboard the American & Mexican Mail S.S. Co. "City of Havana" on it maiden voyage that departed New York on July 24, 1872 and arrived at Vera Cruz on August 6.
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