Items for Sale - Independent State & CSA Use of US Postage - Section Two - Item#16671
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Item# 16671

France, 40¢ orange (Scott 18) Emperor Napoleon III on colorful incoming Trans-Atlantic outer folded lettersheet (no content) to Confederate New Orleans; posted from Bordeaux, France, on February 24, 1861, tied diamond grids, with backstamp of Paris February 21, 1861, red “Br. Service” framed cancel for British packet service; red manuscript “3” at left is the French credit to the United States of 3-cents. Of the 15-cent convention rate (paid with the two 40-centimes stamps), the United States was entitled to only 3-cents since a British packet carried the letter from England across the Atlantic. Boxed “PD,” received at Boston with red PAID 15 cds on March 11 (Cunard steamer Niagara); addressed in French to “Monsieur Le Consul de France, a New Orleans;” minor opening tears on verso.Count Eugène Méjan was French counsel at New Orleans from 1856 to 1863. He was very pro-Confederate. Lovely and rare inbound Confederate use. $1,000.

Price: $1000