5¢ Red Brown (12), full even margins, deep shade, tied by "New Orleans La. Feb. 25" (1857) circular datestamp on folded letter to Intra, Piedmont, Italy, red "New-York Br. Pkt. Mar. 10" circular datestamp--carried on the Cunarder Niagara, departing Boston March 11, 1857, and arriving at Liverpool March 23--"GB/1F60C" framed Anglo-French accountancy handstamp, red Liverpool transit backstamp and Calais arrival datestamp (both January 5), manuscript "10" decimes due for transit charges, Intra receiving backstamp (March 28), Very Fine, beautiful and scarce 5¢ 1856 cover to Italy carried under the same "Three Months" interim arrangements as mail to France, ex Wunderlich, Reed, Mayer and Hackmey, with 2005 P.F. certificate

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