Lot no. 430

1856, Hidalgo 1r. yellow (being put together from 2 stamps) and 2r. green tied by cds. to folded lettersheet to Mantova, from Vera Cruz up to New Orleans to New York, the letter was treated as unpaid letter and the N.Y. exhange office applied a charge of 6 cents. France forwarded the letter under Article 35 of Franco-Prussian letter bill, updon delivery charged with "97" new kr. (2*42=84 plus 13 new kr internal postage), despite some faults a very unusual and interesing entire