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black rimless datestamp with manuscript date on folded letter to Edinburgh, Scotland, manuscript "Paid 2/7½" for all fees including 12½c freight money sail fee, red "New-York Jun 15" exchange datestamp, carried by Black Ball Line's England departing New York June 19 and arriving Liverpool July 10, backstamped "Liverpool Ship Letter" and London July 11, handstamped "8" due, light wear, still very fine, the only recorded freight money letter from Katesville, ex-Winter

38 covers mounted on exhibit pages, ships including the Atlantic, Baltic, Pacific, Arctic, Ericsson, and Nashville, wide variety of different exchange markings from both sides of the Atlantic, generally fine to very fine, filled with provenances including ex-Tabeart, Needs, White

33 items mounted on exhibit pages, begins with 1846 illustrated lettersheet showing her original six-mast design, August 1845 maiden return voyage folded letter from New York to London, 1846 New Orleans to London via New York, August 1852 maiden voyage to Australia folded letter from Worksop to Melbourne with 1sh Green (ex-Ward), November 1852 Melbourne to Sydney with Victoria 2p Yellow brown, January 1853 maiden return voyage Melbourne to England with NSW 3p Sydney View, October 1853 Melbourne to London second return voyage with Victoria 3p Blue (ex-Ashby), November 1853 Sydney to England second return voyage with NSW 3p Queen Victoria, April 1854 London to Sydney franked 1sh underpaying the NSW ship letter rate on scrapped Great Britain voyage (Louis certificate stating that this franking of 1848 10p Brown and two 1854 1p Red is unique), October 1854 Melbourne to Scotland third return voyage with Victoria 1sh Blue (ex-Moreton), October 1854 Melbourne to New Brunswick with Victoria 1sh Blue (ex-Tabeart), May 1857 Sydney to England with two NSW 6p Gray, May 1857 Melbourne to London registered letter with two Victoria 6p Yellow orange and 1sh Rose & blue (ex-Moreton), May 1857 Melbourne to England with Victoria 6p Orange "woodblock" and red "Paid 22 Au 57 Liverpool Ship" handstamp (only used on this voyage), May 1857 Melbourne to Ireland with strip of three Victoria 2p Victoria on Throne, two May 1857 covers from Adelaide to Scotland with South Australia adhesives, May 1861 Victoria to England with Victoria 6p Blue, and more, generally very fine, an extraordinary collection documenting the history of this steamship during her service to both the United States and Australia, replicating this group would be exceedingly difficult 

extraordinary collection of 39 covers on exhibit pages, begins with August 1847 Havana to London maiden return voyage, May 1848 Trinidad to New York treated as 6c ship letter, February 1849 Havana to London with scarce "42" accounting mark, June 1849 Belize to England, January 1850 Bermuda to Scotland mixed with letters from Havana and incorrectly charged the foreign West Indies rate, June 1851 France to Martinique with French adhesives, two July 1852 Barbados to Philadelphia with 10c and 20c steamship due handstamps, several Brazil to Portugal, 1855 Liverpool to Buenos Aires wrapper with newspaper handstamp, and more, generally fine to very fine, very nearly every cover in this collection could be mentioned in this description and a close inspection is required to fully appreciate this collection, an incredible group detailing the later years of this remarkable vessel

15 covers on exhibit pages including 1851 Washington from Philadelphia to Bremen with "Phila. Paid 24Cts." handstamp corrected to "21" and straightline "Part Paid", 1855 Washington from Pennsylvania to Bremen with "24/9 KrR America Uber Bremen", 1856 Washington to Florence with two 1c, three 3c, and 10c stamps (faulty), two Prussian Closed Mail covers by Hermann, 1853 Hermann London to New York with circular "Too Late G.P.O.", and more, generally fine to very fine