Lot 99
France, 1867, Napoleon III Laureate, 30c brown on yellowish, two singles, on folded letter to New Orleans, La., tied by dotted lozenge handstamps with matching "Bordeaux, Janv 27, 1870" origin cds, reverse with "Ligne H, Paq. Fr. No. 3, 29 Janv 70" cds, "N.Y. Steamship 10 Feb. 14" transit cds, Very Fine, carried aboard the steamer Ville de Paris, departing Brest on January 29th 1870 and arriving in New York on February 13th, reviewed and illustrated in The Chronicle (#247, page 271). Yvert Nos. 30.Scott Nos. 34 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $170