cover 12c Black (17), margins to cut in, used with 3c Dull Red (11), horizontal strip of three, margins to slightly in at bottom, tied by red grids on 1855 folded letter to Paris, France, red "Providence R.I. Jun 25" c.d.s., matching straight line "Paid" h.s., red "New York Am. Packet June 29" exchange h.s., ms. "per Steamer Collins Line via New York & Liverpool", French transit, "8" (decimes) due mark also ties the 12c stamp, red London transit and Paris backstamps, carried by the Collins Line steamer Atlantic, this cover paid the 21c rate to France by British Mail via American or British Packet, very fine photo