5c Red Brown (12). Used with 10c Green, Ty. III (15), 5c with full to ample margins all around, 10c with huge top margin showing portion of adjoining stamp, other sides large to clear at bottom, tied by "New Orleans La. Apr. 27, 1857" circular datestamp on folded letter to Nantes, France, red "Boston Paid 12 6 May" credit datestamp and Boston British Packet backstamp, carried on Cunarder America, departing Boston May 6 and arriving Liverpool May 17, French entry datestamp and Paris backstamp, also manuscript "13" decimes due applied erroneously by the French postal clerk -- nothing was due since the new 15c treaty rate was paid (undoubtedly the clerk was unfamiliar with the new procedures), Very Fine treaty rate use

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