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![Image for Boston Ms Dec 12 [1839],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/754838-3.jpg?itok=nFw1uor0)
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and Manuscript "20 3/4" rate on folded letter to New York City datelined Smyrna, Turkey, endorsed "E. Madora Capt Fletcher" very fine
![Image for Boston Ms Sep 5 [1840],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/754848-3.jpg?itok=UMz2Kxd-)
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red datestamp and manuscript "20¾" rate on October 19, 1840 folded letter from Birmingham, England to New York City, boxed "Paid at Birmingham" handstamp, carried by Cunard's Britannia, very fine, ex-White
![Image for Ship 6 [Boston, Massachusetts, 1841]](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/754883-3.jpg?itok=36LVRjhF)
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red ribbon handstamp on incoming folded letter, backstamped "Calcutta G.P.O. Ship Letter 3 Feb 3 1841", endorsed "Per ship Carthage", very fine
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red ribbon handstamp with indistinct Boston postmark on March 3, 1841 folded letter from Liverpool to Boston, framed "Paid at Liverpool Mr 4 1841" handstamp, forwarded to New Orleans and rated "75", endorsed "Steamboat", very fine quadruple rate cover
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red oval backstamp with matching straightline "Pr. Caledonia" on July 13, 1841 folded letter from Havana, Cuba to London, additional "Forwarded By Goodhue & Co., New York" backstamp, August 15 London arrival, very fine, Ward used name-of-ship handstamped directives
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red oval handstamp with matching straightline "Pr. Acadia" on July 14, 1842 folded letter from Havana, Cuba to London, additional "Forwarded By Goodhue & Co., New York" backstamp, internally endorsed "p Teviot" (Royal Mail Steam Packet), August 14 London arrival backstamp, very fine, Ward used name-of-ship handstamped directives
![Image for Boston Ms Ship Oct 21 [1841],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/754868-3.jpg?itok=1iGozmQu)
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red datestamp with matching "Ship 6" in ribbon on incoming folded lettersheet, black "Prince Edward Island 1 Oct 1841" origination postmark with matching "Paid" in circle, endorsed "to the lines", redirected to Charleston, Massachusetts, very fine, ex-White
![Image for Boston Ms. Ship Nov 11 [1841],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/754873-3.jpg?itok=_AmXgtHI)
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red datestamp with manuscript "20¾" rate on tax office circular from London to Edgerton, New Jersey, endorsed "OHMS" and with crowned "Paid 2 No 2 1841" handstamp, rare "four-arc lozenge" of Liverpool, carried on Cunard's Caledonia to Boston, very fine, ex-Boettger
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red datestamp with manuscript "27" rate on folded letter from Armagh, (Northern) Ireland to Port Gibson, Mississippi, "Armagh De 13 1841" datestamp, boxed "Paid De14M 1841" transit and "Glasslough" backstamp, endorsed "Via Liverpool to North America", very fine
![Image for Ship 6 [Boston, Massachusetts, 1842],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/754888-3.jpg?itok=4MHOUH1q)
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red ribbon handstamp of Boston on incoming February 28, 1842 folded letter from Le Havre, France, endorsed "pr Liverpool Steamer", bold strike of crowned "Paid Ship Letter London 2 Mr 2 1842" handstamp, very fine, ex-White
![Image for Boston Ms Ship Mar 28 [1842],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/762436.jpg?itok=kxoR6o1t)
![Image for Boston Ms Ship Mar 28 [1842],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/762436-2.jpg?itok=J2CBwa4K)
red datestamp with matching "20.3" handstamp on folded letter from Manchester, England to Philadelphia, endorsed "By Steamer from Liverpool", carried by Cunard's Columbia which broke a shaft in transit 450 miles out from Halifax and had to proceed under canvas the remainder of the voyage, mail was carried to Boston by Unicorn of the Cunard Quebec- Pictou feeder service, arriving March 27, very fine, ex-White
![Image for Boston Ms. Ship Mar 20 [1843],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/754908-3.jpg?itok=q5ZqJSWL)
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red datestamp with matching "20.3" rate handstamp on folded letter from London to New York City, London tombstone and Liverpool lozenge, carried by Cunard's Columbia, very fine, scarce combination of markings