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red rimless datestamp with matching "29" retaliatory rate due handstamp on folded letter from Halifax, Nova Scotia to New York City, red "Halifax Paid Oct 17 1848 Nova Scotia" datestamp and manuscript "1/-" packet rate, endorsed "pr Niagara", very fine, 29c represents the 24c penalty plus 5c postage to New York City, ex-Van der Linden, Mayer, and Walske

red datestamp with matching "24" and "29" rate handstamps on incoming cover from Paris to Boston, red boxed "PD" and British transits, light wear and one backflap panel missing, still fine and scarce

three items, first November 16, 1848 folded letter from Liverpool to Andover, Massachusetts, franked with Great Britain 1sh Green, endorsed "per Britannia", red "Boston Ms. Ship Dec 6" datestamp and matching "29" rate; second December 1, 1848 folded lettersheet from London to Philadelphia, franked with Great Britain 1sh Green, endorsed "pr. Niagara", red "Boston Ms. Ship Dec 18" datestamp and matching large "34" rate; third August 26, 1848 folded lettersheet from Liverpool to Baltimore, franked with Great Britain 1sh Green, endorsed "p Hibernia", red "Boston Ms. Ship Sep 8" datestamp and matching small "34" rate, very fine group showing three different retaliatory rate handstamps

red datestamp with matching "22" rate handstamp on folded letter from Paris to Washington, DC, endorsed "via Southampton", French transit and boxed "PD", London and Liverpool transits, carried on Cunard's Niagara on her third of four restored rate period voyages, very fine, 22c pays double inland postage plus 2c ship fee, ex-Van der Linden and Walske

red two-line arced handstamp on incoming folded letter from Aux Cases, Haiti, endorsed "Per Cadmus", very fine