Lot Details

approximately 123 items on exhibit pages, all identified by voyage, an incredible array of uses and markings including several Philadelphia freight money letters, "Steam Boat" handstamp on cover to Albany, Penny Black used with "Exeter Py Post" and "Fore Street Hill Penny Post" handstamps, "Harnden's Express from Boston" handstamp, oval "PL" (Paid Late), two letters referring to the loss of the Columbia in 1843, forwarder's handstamps including "Maze Bristol", "Gilpin's Exchange Reading Room and Foreign Letter Office N. York", "Meyer & Hupeden New York", "George Hart New-York", "Harnden & Co's Foreign Letter Office Phila.", "Meyer & Stucken New York", and "Hale's For. Letr. Office New York", generally fine to very fine, an extraordinary lot documenting the early history of this significant vessel, viewing a necessity as words cannot accurately convey just how many scarce and interesting items are here