Lot 32067 – USA 861 Short Paid cover to France

Stamp of United States » 1857-61 Issue USA 861 Short Paid cover to France
Stamp of United States » 1857-61 Issue USA 861 Short Paid cover to France
Stamp of United States » 1857-61 Issue USA 861 Short Paid cover to France
Stamp of United States » 1857-61 Issue USA 861 Short Paid cover to France

Lot 32067 – USA 861 Short Paid cover to France

United States » 1857-61 Issue
Estimate
150 – 250 CHF
Auction date
Thu 18 Jun 2026 at 10:00 (Europe/Zurich)
20d 16h 38m 10s before pre-bidding ends
Description
1861 (AU 3) outer letter sheet to France franked 5c. and 10c. tied single San Francisco cds, paying rate to Bordeaux, judged to be overweight and struck with red framed SHORT PAID handstamp, routed via New York where 18c handstamp applied, the previous red New York cancel overstruck with red grill, arriving in France on 17 Aug; faults to paper where name and town partly erased

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