New York, N.Y., 5¢ Black, "AC M" Initials (9X1a), Position 36, showing double frameline at top, large to huge margins, tied by red "New-York 28 Feb. 5cts." (1846) integral-rate circular datestamp on blue folded letter to Lyon, France, sender's ship-name directive "Str. Cambria"--carried on that Cunarder, departing from Boston on March 1, 1846, and arriving at Liverpool March 14--red "COLONIES/&c ART. 13" Anglo-French accountancy handstamp, "Liverpool Ship 28 MR 1846" octagonal datestamp on back, red London (Mar. 29) datestamp on back, brownish Boulogne arrival datestamp, Lyon (April 3) receiving datestamp on back, manuscript "25" decimes due marking (10 decimes for Great Britain, 15 decimes French internal postage), Extremely Fine stamp and cover, a beautiful use of the New York provisional to France, ex Moeldner and Newbury, USPCS census no. 20485

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