15c Brown & Blue, Ty. I (118). Cancelled by cork, "New Orleans La. Jun. 22" (1869) circular datestamp on cover to Rennes, France, weighed in New York and found to be over the quarter-ounce limit, marked with "New York 18 Jun. 26" debit datestamp and "Insufficiently Paid" straightline handstamp, blue Calais transit, on arrival at the Paris exchange office it was marked "PD" (Paid to Destination) and the "18" and "Insufficiently Paid" were crossed out, transit and receiving backstamps, Very Fine, a fascinating treaty-period use with the scarce 15c Type I

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