10c Green, Ty. V (35). Horizontal strip of six, rich color, choice centering, each stamp cancelled by manuscript "#", "Holmes Hole Ms. Sep. 14" (1860) circular datestamp on yellow cover to Calcutta, India, red "New-York Am. Pkt. Sep. 15" transit circular datestamp, magenta "24" credit, red "London Paid SP 27 1860" circular datestamp, red "1" British Colonial credit also ties strip, carried on the Havre line's Fulton, which departed New York Sep. 26 and arrived Southampton Sep. 26, red receiving backstamp, barely reduced at right

VERY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL COVER BEARING A STRIP OF SIX OF THE 1857 10-CENT TYPE V.

The franking pays double the 30c rate via French mail.

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