5c Brown, 10c Yellow Green (68). Bright fresh colors, used on blue folded letter from New Orleans to Bordeaux, France, clear strike of "New Orleans La. Jun. 24" (1866) circular datestamp, but the stamps were left uncancelled at the New Orleans post office, red "New York Paid 12 Jun. 30" credit datestamp, light but readable "ETATS-UNIS/PAQ. FR. H NO. 3/30 JUIN 66" octagonal datestamp applied on board the Compagnie General Transatlantique (CGT) steamer in New York harbor, red "PD" in frame handstamp, at the same time the stamps were cancelled with French maritime "Ancre" diamond of dots, French transit and receiving backstamps, neatly docketed, Extremely Fine, an extremely rare use of the Anchor in Diamond maritime cancel, apparently the stamps were never cancelled in New Orleans, which lends support to our theory that cancelling stamps and postmarking letters with dated markings were two separate operations in larger post offices, ex Waterhouse

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