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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | May 29, 1851 |
| From City | Franklin |
| From State | LA |
| To City | Bordeaux |
| To State | France |
| Addressee | J. Ducastaing & Co. |
| Cert Author | |
| Cert # | |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 2 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
| Bisect | |
| Others |
Notes
Lot 309 5c Red Brown (1). Horizontal pair, large even margins, pretty light shade of Brown, tied by red "Franklin La. May 29" (1851) circular datestamp on greenish folded letter to Bordeaux, France, carried on the Cunarder Canada, which departed Boston on June 11 and arrived at Liverpool on June 21, red London backstamp (Jun. 22), red "COLONIES/&c ART.13" Anglo-French accountancy handstamp, red Calais transit, black "15" decimes due handstamp
VERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY LATE USE OF THE 1847 ISSUE AT A SMALL LOUISIANA POST OFFICE ON BRITISH PACKET MAIL TO FRANCE. ONLY SIX MULTIPLES OF THE 5-CENT 1847 ISSUE ARE RECORDED BY WALSKE ON COVERS TO FRANCE.
The under- and over-300 miles domestic rates applied to U.S. mail to France for about one year, from July 1847 to July 1848. After the Retaliatory Rate conflict, the uniform 5c per half-ounce British Open Mail rate applied to British Packet mail to France, starting in February 1849. For this reason, multiples of the 5c 1847 (or, for that matter, a single 10c 1847) are rare on covers to France. This very late use in May 1851 was rated 15 decimes due in France; therefore, it did not exceed the half-ounce limit. The sender or clerk at the Franklin, Louisiana, post office may have been confused and paid the domestic rate for distance.
Ex Gibson, Rust and Boker.
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 1041 realized 3500
Alexander listed as 5/29/51
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale 681 lot 246realized 4000
Reverse image courtesy of Scott Prior, who adds “This cover, when owned by Henry Gibson, was sold as lot 14 at the Ward 12 sale, 14 June 1944. It made $210.“
VERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY LATE USE OF THE 1847 ISSUE AT A SMALL LOUISIANA POST OFFICE ON BRITISH PACKET MAIL TO FRANCE. ONLY SIX MULTIPLES OF THE 5-CENT 1847 ISSUE ARE RECORDED BY WALSKE ON COVERS TO FRANCE.
The under- and over-300 miles domestic rates applied to U.S. mail to France for about one year, from July 1847 to July 1848. After the Retaliatory Rate conflict, the uniform 5c per half-ounce British Open Mail rate applied to British Packet mail to France, starting in February 1849. For this reason, multiples of the 5c 1847 (or, for that matter, a single 10c 1847) are rare on covers to France. This very late use in May 1851 was rated 15 decimes due in France; therefore, it did not exceed the half-ounce limit. The sender or clerk at the Franklin, Louisiana, post office may have been confused and paid the domestic rate for distance.
Ex Gibson, Rust and Boker.
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 1041 realized 3500
Alexander listed as 5/29/51
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale 681 lot 246realized 4000
Reverse image courtesy of Scott Prior, who adds “This cover, when owned by Henry Gibson, was sold as lot 14 at the Ward 12 sale, 14 June 1944. It made $210.“
