Lot 163
1856, 5¢ red brown, full to large margins, rich color, tied by NYFM grid cancel, red "New-York, Br. Pkt. Mar 18" exchange cds on blue 1857 folded cover to Toulouse, France, blue "H.L. Kayser & Co." merchant's oval, London red (3.30) transit backstamp and "GB/1F60C" accountancy handstamp, Calais (3.30) entry cds and matching "8" decimes due handstamp, Toulouse (4.2) arrival backstamp; horizontal file fold clear of stamp, Very Fine example of the "Three-Months" period of U.S.-French mails, rarely seen from a city other than New Orleans, ex-Perry Hansen; with 2004 P.F. certificate.Scott No. 12 Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Realized: $950