1860s (Nov. 25) New York, N.Y. to Bordeaux, France, homemade wrapper bearing 1¢ blue (63 var.) vertical pair showing dot-in-u (plate 9) variety, tied by "New-York Paid Nov 25" cds, prepaid at the 2¢ newspaper rate, large red "30" centimes for a newspaper weighing between 40 and 80 grams; small stamp flaws, Very Fine and scarce franking for this rate normally prepaid by the 2¢ value, Illustrated in Evans as fig. 12-26 on page 228., ex-Lee; with clear 1983 P.F. certificate. Estimate  $400 - 600. $0 (Image)