1861 (May 9) New Orleans, La. to Limbach, Saxony, folded letter with partial "New Orleans La. May 9" cds and matching"30" unpaid rating h.s. for the Prussian Closed Mail rate, partial "N. York '5' Hamb. Pkt. May 18" debit exchange cds, carried by Hapag Line Hammonia from New York May 18 to Hamburg arriving Jun. 1, Hamburg (6.1) backstamp and "6½" sbr. debit rating h.s., Saxony blue manuscript "6 5/10" neugroschen due rating, Limbach (6.3) arrival backstamp, vertical file fold toning, Fine, a very scarce Confederate period transatlantic cover. Estimate  $200 - 300. Letter originated in Confederate New Orleans during the brief period when Federal postal system allowed mails north from the Confederacy. New York elected to send letter in the Hamburg mails and debited Hamburg 5¢. Hamburg showed 6½ silbergroschen postage due, which Saxony changed in blue crayon to 6 5/10 neugroschen. $0 (Image)