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Very attractive handstamp cancel with a French revenue also used on this piece of a sight draft. I haven't seen many examples of U.S.-foreign revenue usages form the Civil War era.

It's true, they are not at all common. Part of the reason is that many countries did not use stamps to tax overseas bills of lading, so the list of countries where it is possible is not all that large. And of course many went TO another country and may not have survived. And bills were sent in triplicate by three different methods to help insure that at least one would get through, which ever one did is the one that counted. That is why it says "first" at the top. There was a second and a third originally.

I have seen mixed usages involving about about a half dozen different countries.

Revcollector, you said that you have seen........etc. Does that imply this one is the first and only one you own?

Peter

It's interesting how the stamped cancellation from New Orleans uses the French word "AVRIL' for "APRIL".

I understand Brulatour & Co. was a wine importer back in that day.

Here's the obituary of Pierre Ernest Brulatour from the July 24, 1888 New Orleans Picayune Newspaper:

Are you referring to Bart or myself? Bart is revcollector. I am revenuecollector.

I own this one, another French complete doucment, and some combinations on fragments with Canadian revenues. I also have a combination usage with British revenues from 1899.

I am very sorry for mixing you up with another person! Must have had a senior moment?

Peter

What a great looking piece! Wt1 that's a neat background find!