12c Black (17). Clear margins to just in, used with 3c Orange Brown, Type II (10A), Positions 8-10R5E, horizontal strip of three from the upper right corner of Plate 5 Early, both tied by neat red grid cancels, matching "New-York Aug. 23" (1851) circular datestamp on blue folded cover to Lyon, France, sent by New York & Havre Line Humboldt on Aug. 23 with ship-name directive at bottom left, arriving Le Havre Sep. 4, red "Outre-Mer Le Havre 4 Sept. '51" arrival datestamp, "6" decimes due, a few scattered age bleaching spots of little consequence

VERY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL COMBINATION OF THE 1851 3-CENT ORANGE BROWN STRIP OF THREE AND 12-CENT 1851 ON A COVER TO FRANCE VIA AMERICAN PACKET DIRECT.

The 21c franking on this Payen correspondence cover was sufficient for carriage via England and represents a 1c overpayment of the direct American Packet route. Correspondents sometimes intentionally overpaid the 20c rate even when directing the letter via American Packet in order to ensure carriage on either steamship.

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