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VERY FINE. A STRIKING USE OF A 10-CENT 1855 TYPE III-IV COMBINATION PAIR ON A COLORFUL 21-CENT AMERICAN PACKET RATE COVER TO BORDEAUX, FRANCE.
French Circular #67 eliminated the discriminatory Great Britain 10 decimes packet fee for American Packet mail to France and reduced the French collections to 8 decimes per 7.5 grams, effective Sep. 1, 1851. Therefore this cover lacks the discriminatory sea postage charge found on other U.S.-France covers even after the 1848 U.S.-Great Britain treaty ended the discriminatory/retaliatory rates for mail between the U.S. and Great Britain. This cover shows the 21c U.S. postage under the 1848 treaty -- consisting of 16c packet and 5c inland.
Ex Warm, Ishikawa and Hackmey (Image)
VERY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL COMBINATION OF THE 1851 3-CENT ORANGE BROWN STRIP OF THREE AND 12-CENT 1851 ON A COVER TO FRANCE VIA AMERICAN PACKET DIRECT.
The 21c franking on this Payen correspondence cover was sufficient for carriage via England and represents a 1c overpayment of the American Packet Direct route. Correspondents sometimes intentionally overpaid the 20c rate even when directing the letter via American Packet in order to ensure carriage on either steamship. (Image)
EXTREMELY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING COVER TO FRANCE, PREPAID FOR THE 21-CENT SECOND RETALIATORY RATE WITH 12-CENT AND 3-CENT 1851 ISSUE STAMPS. FEWER THAN FIVE SECOND RETALIATORY RATE COVERS ARE RECORDED PREPAID BY STAMPS.
The U.S. Post Office Department, unaware that the continued discriminatory rates charged on American Packet mail to France after the 1848 treaty were rescinded in September 1851, briefly charged retaliatory packet postage of 16c (plus the normal 5c) on mail to France via British Packets. This lasted only from Jan. 24 to Feb. 9, 1853. On Feb. 10 the Post Office Department issued a notice rescinding the extra sea charge and restoring the 5c Open Mail rate for letters sent to France via British Packet. This cover was posted at Philadelphia four days after the notice was issued. The sender was unaware of the Restored Rate and prepaid the full, but now obsolete, 21c Retaliatory Rate. The cover was then carried on the Cunarder Canada from Boston on Feb. 16 -- first sailing of the Restored Rate period.
Ex Grunin (Image)