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Auction: 154 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 49

#12, 5c Red brown, an especially choice single featuring large even margins all around, luxurious color and a razor-sharp impression, tied by "New Orleans, La./May 28, 1857" datestamp to pale blue folded letter to Piedmont, Italy, endorsed "per first Steamer via Liverpool," Boston exchange office backstamp, red British transit, Calais entry c.d.s. with "10" decimes due and boxed "GB/1F60C" credit, French transit and Italian arrival backstamps, extremely fine, a choice and attractive usage.

Estimate
$1,675