Lot no. 598

1859, Washington 12 c. black, horizontal pair with  sheet margin at right, tied by black grid cancel and cds. "WILMINGTON DEL. SPE. 21" to envelope via "NEW YORK 24/ 23 SEP." (24 cent debit to France) with adjacent red boxed "SHORT PAID", French octagonal "ET.UNIS SERV. AM. D HAVRE 8.OCT.59" and tax mark "16" to Paris with arrival mark and re-directed within France. A fine short paid letter, treated as completely unpaid.(Scott 36)