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July 2023
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folded letter to Sheffield, England datelined "New York July 3rd 1849", black circled "5" due, carried by Cunard's America departing Boston July 4 and arriving Liverpool July 15, backstamped "America/Liverpool Jy 15 1849", rated "1/-" due, very fine
folded letter to Carlisle, England, black "New-York 21 Apr 27" debit, departed New York April 27 and arrived Liverpool May 10, backstamped "America My 10 50A", redirected to Stockton, very fine cover from the maiden voyage of the Collins Line
folded letter to London with bold strike of black "New York 42 May 25" integral datestamp, endorsed "p. Pacific Steamer" departing New York City May 25 and arriving Liverpool June 7, manuscript "2/-", June 8 London backstamp, very fine and rare, the maiden voyage of the Pacific and the second Collins Line voyage
folded lettersheet to London endorsed "p Franklin Steamer via Southampton" and with clear strike of "New York 42 Oct 5" integral datestamp, departed New York City October 5 and arrived Southampton October 18, backstamped the same day and charged "2/-" due, very fine and scarce, maiden voyage of the Havre Line
folded letter to New York City with "Liverpool Oc 25 1850" origin postmark, endorsed "p Africa Steamer" departing Liverpool October 26 and arriving New York November 8, black "19 cents" rocking horse debit and "24" handstamp, very fine maiden voyage cover
folded letter datelined "Liverpool April 30th 1852", endorsed "Consignees p Great Britain Steamer", did not enter the British postal system but was placed on Great Britain departing Liverpool May 1 and arriving New York May 14, New York circled "6" ship rate handstamp and straightline "2nd Delivery", very fine, the only recorded cover carried by Great Britain after her 1846 grounding and an uncommon non-contract steamship sailing
cover franked with France 10c pair and 1fr tied by grids, November 8 Paris datestamp, addressed to Philadelphia, carried on the maiden voyage of Ocean Line's Hermann departing Southampton November 10 and arriving New York November 23, "New York 21 Nov 23" integral datestamp, stamps small faults, still very fine and scarce
folded letter to Bath, Maine, written in the "Bristol Channel", posted unpaid in London with "3 cents" debit, then to Liverpool for Canada, post office wrongly determined Washington would be faster so she sailed from Southampton November 7 and arrived New York November 27, three days after Canada, "New-York 24 Packet Nov 27" datestamp, fine
cover from St. Petersburg, Russia to Newark, New Jersey, endorsed "pr Prussian Closed Mail via Liverpool", carried on maiden voyage of Havre Line's Fulton arriving New York March 29, red "New York Am. Pkt. 30 Mar 29" datestamp, light wear, fine
folded letter to Cognac, France with "San Francisco 26 Paid 5 Mar" origination datestamp, endorsed "Via Panama & New York", red "New-York Am Pkt Mar 29" transit, carried by Collins Line's Ericsson departing New York March 29 arriving Liverpool April 12, rated "16" decimes due, French backstamps, very fine, this steamer was on long term charter by Collins Line in an attempt to maintain the contracted bi-weekly sailings
cover with France 80c strip of four tied by "1896" dotted numeral with "Marseille 12 Jun 57" datestamp alongside, addressed to New York City sent via Calais and Southampton, upon arrival red "New York Paid Jun 30" datestamp, stamps small faults, still very fine and attractive, the final voyage of Hermann and the penultimate Ocean Line voyage
cover with pairs of Great Britain 1d Red and 2d Blue tied by September 23, 1858 London duplexes, addressed to Buffalo, New York, treated as unpaid and handstamped "Insufficiently Stamped" and "3 cents" debit, black "New York Am. Pkt. 24 Oct 14" datestamp, very fine, carried on the final voyage of North Star