Lot 440
5c. red brown, horizontal strip of three, fresh colour and ample to full margins, just touched at top, tied by cds. "NEW ORLEANS MAY 10 1857" to envelope to Bordeaux, red "NEW YORK PAID 12 MAY 19" and French transit mark alongside, very fine. Scott No. 12 Provenance: Ryohei Ishikawa Joseph Hackmey
