Lot 969
Confederacy, U.S. 5¢ red brown type I, 10¢ green type II and 30¢ orange (28, 32, 38), tied on 1861 folded letter to France by "New Orleans, La. 27 Feb" c.d.s., red "New Paid York/3" exchange office c.d.s., the "3" annulled with a red grid and replaced by a "New Paid York/ 6" c.d.s., blue sender's handstamp, French boxed "P.D." and Mar 22 entry c.d.s., backstamped Paris-Bordeaux railway and Bordeaux c.d.s., fresh and Very Fine.
Estimate 10,000 - 15,000
AN EXTRAORDINARY THREE-COLOR CONFEDERATE USAGE OF U.S. STAMPS ON OVERSEAS CORRESPONDENCE.
Expertization: 1993 PF Certificate (mistakenly noting the month of the New Orleans cancel as March).
Louisiana was admitted to the Confederacy on February 4.
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