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red datestamp with manuscript "12" rate on folded letter from Macau to Springfield, Massachusetts, very fine, scarce origin
manuscript rate on folded letter to New York City, blue "Newcastle-on-Tyne Oc 2 1845" origin postmark and red boxed "Westgate St R.H." handstamp, landed at Boston and then downstreamed to New York City where rate was applied, very fine
red datestamp on folded letter from San Salvador, El Salvador to Bath, New Hampshire, endorsed "Pr. Adela", red oval "Forwarded by Jon A. Thompson Jr. New York" backstamp, very fine, scarce origin
red datestamp on folded letter from Paris to Mount Clarnet, Michigan, framed "Système D'échange International, A. Vattemare" handstamp and blue oval "Greene & Co. Paris." backstamp, very fine, Vattemare was a French ventriloquist and philanthropist who created the first international system for the exchange of items among libraries and museums
circled rate handstamp on June 18, 1847 folded letter from Dublin, Ireland to New York City, London July 3 and Liverpool July 4 transits, carried by Cunard's Britannia to Boston arriving July 17, very fine, letter makes mention of the Irish Potato Famine, ex-White
red circled port of entry rate handstamp on September 4, 1847 folded letter from Amsterdam, Netherland, endorsed "p Oneida", blue octagonal "Acheminee Par Wanner Langer & Co. Havre" forwarder's backstamp, red Havre transit and boxed "P.P.", very fine
red due handstamp on September 26, 1847 folded letter from Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia to Brooklyn, additional origination postmark on reverse, carried by Cunard Hibernia to Boston then downstreamed to New York City, very fine, ex-Van der Linden and Walske
red datestamp on folded letter from Malaga, Spain to Boston, endorsed "par le Vapeur du Havre New York", Paris and Havre forwarder's handstamps, carried by Herout & Handel Line's New York departing Havre October 24, the ship ran out of coal and put into Newport, Rhode Island on November 12 (with the mails arriving in New York November 13), very fine and rare cover from this short-lived line
handstamp on folded letter from Demerara, British Guiana to DeWitt, New York, "12" rate in handstamp crossed out and re-rated with manuscript "7", very fine
red datestamp on April 14, 1847 folded lettersheet from Singapore to Boston, red oval "Forwarded by Spottiswoode & Connolly, Singapore" handstamp, very fine, ex-White
red circled handstamp on January 14, 1848 folded letter from Rome, Italy to New York City, French transit, blue two-line "Per Steamer From Liverpool" handstamp, fine
red rate handstamp on large part May 6, 1848 folded letter from Liverpool to New York City, endorsed "pr Caledonia", franked with three Great Britain 1p Red and two 1sh Green, carried by Cunard's Caledonia to Boston and then closed bag to New York, very fine, ex-Shephard