Lot 71997 – 1r Yellow, 1873 complete folded letter to New York

1r Yellow, 1873 complete folded letter to New York, USA, franked by 6th printing pair (pos. 80-81) with sheet margin & thin & thick border lines at right, tied by rhomboid “Franca” cancel, with red “New York / Paid All” arrival cds (Oct. 1) alongside, file fold between the stamps, very fine showpiece, among the very few covers of the First Issue sent to North America and one of the latest recorded usages of the first issue after introduction of the second usage, 2003 cert. Moorhouse