1856 5c Red-brown, good to large margins, tied by black grid on folded cover from New Orleans (16.8.56) to Bordeaux/France, via New York forwarder, red NEW YORK Br. PKT transit and French ETATS-UNIS / CALAIS entry-cds alongside, BORDEAUX 10 SEPT 56 arrival backstamp
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1856 5c Red-brown, large margins all around, tied by NEW ORLEANS 17 DEC cds on folded cover to Châlon sur Soane/France, red NEW YORK Br. PKT transit and French ETATS-UNIS / CALAIS entry-cds alongside, arrival backstamp dated 31 DEC 56, very fine
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1856 5c Red-brown, mostly with huge margins showing parts of two neighbouring stamps, tied by NEW ORLEANS JAN 31 1857 cds on folded cover to Châlon sur Soane/France, red NEW YORK Br. PKT transit and French ETATS-UNIS / CALAIS entry-cds alongside, arrival backstamp dated 25 FEV. 57, very fine
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1856 5c Red-brown, large margins and 1855 10c green (type II), tied by NEW ORLEANS MAR 14 cds on envelope to Paris/France, NEW YORK AM PKT MAY 24 cds and French entry cds in red alongside, PARIS 8 JUIN 56 arrival backstamp, very fine
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1795-1969 Attractive Postal History exhibition collection of 164 covers and cards mounted on pages, highlights noted include a range of prephilately items with neat postmarks and fascinating explanations of each location, noted forwarded and express items, then early US issues with illustrated covers, Civil War period with Confederate States frankings and illustrated covers, also interesting correspondence from this period, Wells Fargo postal stationery, then spectacular 1873 four-colour franking to France, Columbus issue covers, cover from Hawaii, special delivery stamp, section of airmail covers including crash mail and Zeppelin, some fancy cancels, etc., all housed in four albums, see a complete set of scans on the web
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