5¢ Red Brown (12), horizontal strip of three, large bottom margin, others mostly clear, rich color, tied by lightly struck "New Orleans La. May 10, 1857" circular datestamps on blue folded letter to Paris, France, red "New York Paid 12 May 27" 12¢ credit datestamp--carried by the Cunarder Asia, departing New York on May 27, 1857, and arriving at Liverpool June 8--French arrival datestamp (June 9), red framed "P.D." handstamp, Paris receiving backstamp (June 9), left and bottom back panels removed, vertical fold between two left stamps, otherwise Fine, ex Tapp, Rohloff, Reed, Mayer and Hackmey, illustrated in Frajola-Mayer, The United States Five Cent Stamp of 1856 (p. 73), signed Ashbrook

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