5¢ Red Brown (1), margins all around, late impression, cancelled by neat magenta squiggle on greenish folded letter originating in New Orleans, Louisiana, and addressed to Winterthur, Switzerland, sender's directive "British Mail Steamer"--carried on the Cunarder Cambria, departing Boston on October 16, 1850, and arriving at Liverpool October 27--red London transit backstamp (October 28), red Calais arrival datestamp (October 29), red "COLONIES/&c ART. 13" Anglo-French accountancy handstamp just ties stamp, red crayon "38" (kreuzers), backstamped Basel (October 15 date error), Winterthur (October 31), contents in French comprises two letters, the first datelined at New Orleans on October 5, 1850, and the second datelined at New York on October 15, lettersheet with light aging and fold splits, stamp with light vertical crease at right and tiny scrape in one corner, still Fine and rare, only three 1847 covers to Switzerland are recorded in the USPCS census, ex Gibson, Rust (1987 Rarities of the World sale), Dr. Kapiloff, Craveri and Hackmey, with 1994 P.F. certificate

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