Corinphila Auction 291-297 Day 4

1857: 5c red-brown on deeply blued paper, wmk 5, second London Print, just cut into on left, paying the domestic portion of the postage on a letter from "SANTIAGO" to "MANDE" France. The stamp is tied by the target handstamp to the letter, which bears a LONDON transit on the reverse, a French tax mark 12 decimen and an accounting mark, as well as French transits and an arrival. An extraordinary letter with just the domestic postage pre-paid.