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folded letter datelined "Liverpool 30 June 1819" and endorsed "P. Herald via Boston", double circle "P. Fox Ship Herald Sail'd July 3", entered the mails with red "Boston Ms. Aug 18" datestamp and matching "Ship", fine and scarce
folded letter to Liverpool datelined "Phila 11 month 9 1820" and endorsed "Lancaster", framed "Liverpool Ship Letter" and manuscript "2/-" triple rate, very fine and scarce
folded letter to Cognac, France via London, datelined "Boston le 20 Mars 1822" and endorsed "Per Ship Panthea via Liverpool", manuscript "3/2" rate, Liverpool and London backstamps, very fine maiden voyage letter
folded lettersheet from New York to London endorsed "Sovereign", placed directly on board without entering the mails, framed "Cowes Ship Letter" and July 16 London arrival on reverse, rated "4/3", small sealed tear, otherwise very fine
folded letter to Edinburgh, Scotland datelined "New York 23d June 1833", endorsed "P United States" on her maiden voyage, backstamped "Liverpool Ship Letter" and July 18 transit, rated "1/7" with boxed "½" added for Scottish wheel tax, very fine and attractive
folded letter to Paris datelined "New York Jan 16th 1836", backstamped "Forwarded Through Hudson's News Room & Foreign Ship Letter Office, New York", boxed "Pays D'Outremer Par Le Havre" handstamp, fine
folded letter to London datelined "New York 5th December 1838", "Forwarded Through Gilpin's Exchange Reading Room and Foreign Letter Office, N. York" oval on reverse, rated "3/2" upon arrival and backstamped "Liverpool Ship Letter" and December 26 London arrival, very fine
red handstamp with manuscript "95¾" quintuple rate January 1, 1838 folded letter from Liverpool to Richmond, Virginia, endorsed "p St. Andrew" (Red Star Line), slight bleed through, very fine, 95¾c pays five times the 18¾c rate plus 2c ship fee
folded letter from London to Kennebunk, Maine dated May 9, 1838, endorsed "p. President", sent under separate cover, red "New-York Ship Jun 11" handstamp, charged "20¾" for inland plus ship fee, very fine
folded letter to London datelined "Baltimore Feb 17th 1838" and endorsed "Per Packet 20th ins't from New York", red "Baltimore Md Feb 18" datestamp and matching straightline "Paid" with "18¾" rate, "New-York Feb 19" transit, backstamped "Dartmouth Ship Letter" with May 13 transit and London May 15 arrival, rated "1/7", very fine and scarce
folded lettersheet to London endorsed "Per Steamer Great Western May 7", departing New York May 7 and arriving Bristol May 22, framed "Bristol Ship Letter" and "1/6" rate, backstamped London May 23, very fine and scarce maiden return voyage cover
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signature on handwritten letter from Samuel Cunard to Israel Whitney who was Treasurer of the Cocheco Manufacturing Company in Boston, offering to supply Sydney coal at a large discount, carried by Black Ball Line's South America, very fine and rare letter from the founder of the British & North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company and later the Cunard Line, ex-Robertson