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Auction: 1016 - Important Stamps & Covers
Lot: 66

France 1851 (11 Dec.) entire letter from Paris to New Orleans, bearing 1849-52 15c. green on bluish green horizontal pair with good to very large margins and showing a small portion of the adjoining stamp at right, used with 1f. bright carmine showing a portion of the adjoining stamp at foot touched at right, cancelled by "grill sans fin" and showing Paris "(60)" c.d.s. of 11 Dec., red boxed "pd", Br. Packet/Boston arrival and large "5/cents" handstamp; a light vertical filing crease affects the first 15c. at left, otherwise fine with bright colours and most attractive. Miro (1963) and Goebel (2009) Certificates. S.G. 4, 19, Yvert 2, 6. Photo Estimate £ 2,300-2,500

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