Ref: DR19706
- £275.00
United States. (France). 1873. Envelope addressed to France bearing United States SG 139, 6c carmine (2) tied by concentric ring obliterator with adjacent Bandera/ Tex. date stamp 'May 7', routed via New York with French Paquebot 'Etats - Unis Paq. Fr. No 2' on face in red with hand-struck '5' in m's on arrival and Chalamons receiver.
Lovely item of Trans-Atlantic mail from this small Texan town to France.
The town was formed by Polish immigrants from Upper Silesia in the mid 19th Century.
