(Outgoing Philadelphia) 1868 Philadelphia, Pa. To Paris, France, cover franked with 1868, 15¢ rose, F. grill tied by "F" Philadelphia foreign mail cancel, purple "Philadelphia, Paid 12, Nov 27" cds, transit and receiving backstamps, Very Fine, a rare Philadelphia foreign mail cancel used for only three weeks (November 3th to the 27th of 1868). Scott No. 98  Estimate $500 - 750. $0 (Image)

(Outgoing Philadelphia) 1868 Philadelphia, Pa. To Paris, France, mourning cover franked with 1868, 3¢ rose, F. grill + 12¢ black, F. grill canceled by Philadelphia foreign mail cancels, purple "Philadelphia, Paid 12, Sep 18" cds, transit and receiving backstamps, Very Fine, the earliest known usage of this Philadelphia foreign mail cancel used between September 18th to October 13th of 1868. Scott No. 94+97  Estimate $500 - 750. $0 (Image)

(Outgoing Philadelphia) 1868 Philadelphia, Pa. To Paris, France, folded letter franked with 1866, 15¢ black tied by purple foreign mail cancel (used only in February 1868), matching "Philadelphia, Paid 6, Feb 4" cds and manuscript "pr steamer Russia, via New York & Liverpool" endorsement, blue Calais transit and receiving backstamp, Very Fine, the earliest recorded use of this Philadelphia foreign mail cancellation. Scott No. 77  Estimate $400 - 600. $0 (Image)

(Outgoing Philadelphia) 1868 Philadelphia, Pa. To Paris, France, cover franked with 1866, 15¢ black tied by Philadelphia foreign mail cancel (used only in August 1868), purple "Philadelphia, Paid 6, Aug 14" cds, transit and receiving backstamps, with original enclosure, Very Fine. Scott No. 77  Estimate $300 - 400. $0 (Image)

(Outgoing Philadelphia) 1868 Philadelphia, Pa. To Paris, France, cover franked with 1866, 15¢ black with purple "Philadelphia, Pa., Paid 6, Feb 18" cds alongside, cover forwarded to Rome, Italy with "Trouvee a la Boite" handstamp, manuscript cancelling stamp and "80" due; cover missing backflap, otherwise Very Fine. Scott No. 77  Estimate $300 - 400. $0 (Image)

(Outgoing Philadelphia) 1868 Philadelphia, Pa. To Paris, France, cover franked with 1868, 15¢ black, F. grill tied by 11-bar grid, purple "Philadelphia, Paid 12, Aug 21" cds, red French paquetbot transit postmark, Very Fine. Scott No. 98  Estimate $300 - 400. $0 (Image)