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Fall Postal History 2022
Our Fall 2022 Postal History sale includes the John D. Bowman Collection of Boyd's City Express Post, the William B. Robinson Collection of Wisconsin Postal History, material from the collections of Steven M. Roth and Graham Booth, FRPSL, and much more.
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endorsed "Steamer via Halifax", paid double letter packet rate of "2/", carried on Cunard's Niagara on its only restored rate voyage, departed Liverpool January 27 and arrived Boston February 11, red Boston datestamp and "12" rate for double the 5c inland rate plus 2c ship letter fee, very fine, mail carried on this voyage is very scarce
folded lettersheet prepaid at 4sh (four times the February 1849 treaty rate), carried on Cunard's Niagara departing Liverpool March 24 and arriving Boston April 7, red straightline "Paid" and manuscript "20" for four times 5c credit, small faults, fine and early treaty rate use, ex-Boettger
folded letter carried on Cunard's Niagara, departing Liverpool March 24 and arriving Boston April 7, black "Boston Ms Ship Apr 7" with matching "24" and "19 cents" handstamps, very fine, early use of "24" the month after the treaty rate was implemented, ex-Boettger
folded letter endorsed "via Liverpool + Ostende", prepaid 10c for double the 5c British packet rate, carried on Cunard's Europa departing New York May 2 and arriving Liverpool May 14, London transit, black boxed "America per England" applied in Aachen, debit of "3/-" to Prussia and marked "36¾" Sgr postage due, backstamped Cologne, very fine, scarce early treaty rate cover, ex-Boettger
paid 48c in cash (light pencil) for double the 24c treaty rate, "38" crayon credit, carried on Cunard's Canada departing New York City May 30 and arriving Liverpool June 12, London receiver, very fine, ex-Boettger
put aboard a ship in Singapore by forwarding agents Boustead & Co., travelled via packet to Suez and Marseilles, received by Baring Bros. & Co. in London on October 27 and rated 2sh 3d postage due, Baring Bros. paid the postage from Singapore to London and put the letter back into the mail unpaid on November 2, red "24" and black "19 cents" handstamps for treaty rate postage, carried on Cunard's America departing Liverpool November 3 and arriving New York November 17, very fine, a rare origin for an incoming letter, ex-White and Shephard
Modbury, Devon straightline, blue Ivybridge November 14 datestamp, paid 1sh and carried on Cunard's Canada to New York (departing Liverpool November 17 and arriving December 1), red "Br Packet Paid 24 1 Dec" (unusual without city name, Winter only records this marking for four months) and matching "5 cents", scarce origin for transatlantic mail, ex-Boettger
cover addressed to the "U.S. Ship St. Lawrence", with original contents from the sister of a surgeon on the ship, manuscript "Paid 29" (overpayment of 5c), carried aboard Cunard's America from New York departing November 28 and arriving Liverpool December 12, red London backstamp and boxed "Colonies &c. Art.13." handstamp, sent via railroad from Calais and Paris to Marseilles, forwarded to Mahon via Perpignan and Palma, Spanish blue "11.R." due handstamp, very fine, a rare destination
folded letter with sender's forwarding marking used as cornercard, carried by Cunard's America departing New York November 28 and arriving Liverpool December 12, marked "Not Known" in Ireland and forwarded to London Dead Letter Office, from there sent to the Dead Letter Office in Washington, DC where it was processed on May 17, 1851 (probably due to a large backlog of letters), returned to New York May 30, 17 months after originally being sent, very fine, transatlantic letters returned to the DLO are uncommon
folded letter carried on the final voyage of Cunard's Caledonia from Boston, departing December 5 and arriving Liverpool December 18, red boxed "Colonies &c Art.13." handstamp and Calais transit, Cognac backstamp, very fine and rare, ex-Feldman
folded letter from the US Consulate in Dundee, crayon "1/2½" (for the 1sh transatlantic rate plus 2½ west coast surcharge), carried on Cunard's America to Boston, then N.Y. & San Francisco Steamship Line's Uncle Sam to Aspinwall and its Winfield Scott to San Francisco, very fine, ex-White and Shephard
red "San Francisco, Cal Paid Feb 20 1858" datestamp with manuscript "60" rate (paying four times the 15c French mail rate), endorsed "Via Panama & New York", red "New York Paid 18 Mar 17" datestamp, French backstamps, very fine and rare rate