Lot
3137 
1851 (Aug. 29) Paris, France to Salt Lake City, Deseret, blue folded cover addressed to Governor Brigham Young, Salt Lake City, Deseret, bearing France 25c blue (6) horizontal pair and 1F carmine (9), margins to touched, pair scissor cut between, tied by roller cancel, matching "Paris, 29 Aout 51" origin cds, small red "PD" framed handstamp, carried by Cunard Line Europa from Liverpool Sep. 6th to Boston arriving Sep. 17th, bold "Br. Packet, Boston, 17 Sep, 5" debit exchange cds, sent overland via Independence Mo.; small tear at right, Very Fine. Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
A REMARKABLE TRANSATLANTIC USE FROM FRANCE ADDRESSED TO GOVERNOR BRIGHAM YOUNG AT SALT LAKE CITY, DESERET.
Cover was prepaid 150 centimes (15 decimes) per British packet to Boston. Effective with July 1851 rate change, the U.S. inland postage for under 3,000 miles was 5¢ collect. Evidently, the French writer did not know that the State of Deseret was not recognized.
Realized: $1,800