5c Dark Red Brown (12 var). Vertical pair, large margins except just in at lower right where separated roughly, deep rich color noted on P.F. certificate as "Dark Red Brown shade", tied by light strike of "New Orleans La. Nov. 1" (1856) circular datestamp on blue folded cover to Vera Cruz, Mexico, ship-name directive "p Calhoun" at lower left, Very Fine, scarce, one of only two recorded uses of the 5c 1856 Issue to Mexico, ex Dr. Kapiloff and Mayer (book, p. 153), signed Holcombe and with his 1992 certificate, with 2006 P.F. certificate

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