Lot
3004 
New York, N.Y., 1846, 5¢ black on bluish, signed "ACM", "AC" connected, Position 36, double frameline at top, large to huge margins, tied by red "New-York '5 Paid' 28 Feb" integral-rate cds on 1846 blue folded letter to Lyon, France, carried as endorsed by Cunard Line Cambria from Boston Mar. 1st to Liverpool arriving Mar. 14th, "Liverpool, Ship, 28 MR 1846" octagonal, red London (3.29) backstamp and matching red "Colonies/&c Art. 13" Anglo-French accountancy handstamp, Boulogne (4.1) entry cds and manuscript "25" decimes due rating (10 decimes for Great Britain, 15 decimes French internal postage), Lyon (4.3) arrival backstamp, Extremely Fine stamp and cover, USPCS census no. 20485, ex-Moeldner, Newbury, Gross. Scott No. 9X1a Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
A BEAUTIFUL GEM USE OF THE NEW YORK PROVISIONAL TO FRANCE.
Realized: $4,750