Lot
2040 
France, 1849, Ceres, 1fr light carmine, margins large to just touching at right, tied by bold diamond grid handstamp on 1852 cover to Madras, India forwarded to Calcutta and endorsed "Par Marseille et Suez", matching "Cannes, 7 Janv, 52" origin cds, Bombay 4-line accountancy handstamp and reverse with boxed Calcutta date stamp, original enclosure, Very Fine. Maury No. 6c. Scott No. 9 Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
Realized: $1,600