Lot
242 
1856 (May) Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe to St. Pierre et Miquelon, blue folded cover with embossed origin imprint, blue "Duberceau & Bouquet, New York" forwarder's oval, entered mails with red "New-York, Paid, Jun 3 1856" cds, "Boston Br. Pkt. Jun 4" exchange cds, carried as endorsed by Cunard Line Canada from Boston Jun. 4th to Halifax, reverse with "Ud. States, Halifax, JU 6 1856" and Sydney C.B. (6.8) transits, manuscript "8" pence rating for 4d stg. (5d cy.) US-Halifax packet plus 4d stg. (5d cy.) Halifax-Sydney packet, manuscript "Payé a Sydney f1.00 J.B." rating plus "25" cts. inland postage totalled to "1.25" due (1f. equals 10d), Very Fine. Estimate $750 - 1,000.