Lot
3318 
France, 1849, Ceres, 1fr bright vermilion (vermillon vif), clear to large margins except at top right corner where the frameline at top right is just shaved, tied in combination with 20c Black on 1849 folded cover to Rome by two neat strikes of losange cancel, postmarked Moissey 16 Oct. 49 double circle town marking & boxed "P.D." handstamp, straight line "Franco Sarzana" handstamp to indicate that the letter is paid to the Sardinian border with red "P.F." (Paid to Frontier) alongside, Extremely Fine and wonderfully fresh, ex-La Fayette; signed Calves, Em. Diena, with 2003 Behr, Brun & Goebel certificates. Yvert Nos. 7a. Scott Nos. 8 var.+3 Estimate $150,000 - 200,000.
ONE OF THE GREAT RARITIES OF FRANCE. THREE COVERS ARE RECORDED WITH THIS FRANKING, OF WHICH THIS IS THE FINEST OF THE THREE KNOWN.