red datestamp and matching "Paid" on folded letter to London via New York City, manuscript "Paid to New York 18¾, Paid Steam Boat Postage 25" totaled to "43¾", endorsed "per British Queen", red "Too Late" handstamp of New York as this cover arrived after the June 1 sailing date, instead carried by Swallowtail Line's George Washington departing New York June 7, arrived Liverpool July 1 with two-line "Liverpool Ship Letter" backstamp and July 2 London datestamp, manuscript "8" due, very fine, the only recorded freight money cover from Gardiner, Maine, as the freight money sailing fee was only 12½c versus the 25c paid the difference was returned to the Gardiner postmaster as was the custom of the New York post office, ex-Winter, see Chronicle Vol. 45, No. 4 ("Freight Money Paid in Gardiner, Maine")