December 2011 Society Auction

Lot 12. Folded letter, Gonaives to Bordeaux via New York, 20 November 1838, forwarded in New York through Gilpin’s. Nice strike in red of large oval “Gilpin’s Exchange, Reading Room (etc.)”, French date stamps, and French due marking 15 decimes. Contents three pages in French, probably not difficult to read. Letter is sound and clean with horizontal and vertical file folds, and missing a piece about 1 ½ cm square at seal. About fine plus.