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✉ ESTADOS UNIDOS. Sc. 2. 1847. FRONT ONLY. MOBILE (Alabama) to FRANCE. 10 cts. black large to full margins, tied by red GRID cancel, manuscript "Boston Steamer 16th Nov." at top, carried on the "Caledonia" (Cunar Line), via Great Britain, red COLONIES/ART 13 Anglo-French accountancy handstamped, red BOULOGNE arrival cds, and "20" decimes due (10 decimes for English transit and sea postage plus 10 decimes for french inland rate). Very fine and extremely rare 1847 use. Ex. S. WALSKE col. Cert. P.F.' 1989.