£230
Collins Line. 1857 (Jan 5) Entire letter from Havre to New York franked 20c + 80c (15 gram double rate of 10 decimes), sent on the Collins Line "Atlantic" from Liverpool, backstamped at Southampton. This 5 decime per 7½ gram rate only lasted for three months (1st Jan - 30 March 1857) after rates were reduced by the Franco-British Convention and prior to the first Franco-American Postal Convention. Scarce. Photo on Page 156.
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