cover 1c Blue type IV, 3c Dull Red (9, 11), horizontal pair of former, pos. 59-60L1L, pos. 60 shows clear major stellate crack, pair shows full pane margin and complete center line at right , single of latter, all stamps with large margins to cut in, grid cancels, used on 1855 folded letter to France, large red New Orleans c.d.s., clear red N.Y. exchange h.s. credit, French transit, 13 decimes h.s. rate mark, British and French backstamps, slight smearing in the address, otherwise fine, desirable 5c rate cover to France, French expert's small h.s. below the stamps est.

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cover 1c Blue type IV, 3c Dull Red (9, 11), horizontal pair of former, pos. 59-60L1L, pos. 60 shows clear major stellate crack, pair shows full pane margin and complete center line at right , single of latter, all stamps with large margins to cut in, grid cancels, used on 1855 folded letter to France, large red New Orleans c.d.s., clear red N.Y. exchange h.s. credit, French transit, 13 decimes h.s. rate mark, British and French backstamps, slight smearing in the address, otherwise fine, desirable 5c rate cover to France, French expert's small h.s. below the stamps est.