cover 12c Black (17), large margins to slightly in, used with 1c Blue type IV (9), single and horizontal pair and 3c Dull Red (11), two singles, all with ample margins to cut in, tied by grid cancels on 1853 blue folded cover to Genoa, Italy (Sardinia), red "New-York Am. Packet Jul 23" exchange h.s., ms. "p. Pacific", red French transit and ms. "17" (decimes) due mark, Turin backstamp, carried by the Collins Line packet Pacific, this cover paid the 21c British Open Mail rate to Italy, some extraneous red canceling ink at top left of cover, fine, with 1993 P.F. certificate, a desirable three-color franking to Italy, a complete set of all available 1851 Issue denominations used on a single cover photo