1855, WASHINGTON: Folded letter written "Bristol Channel The Tonquin" to Bath Maine. Posted unpaid via London with "3 CENTS" debit marking, then to Liverpool for "CANADA", post office wrongly decided that "Washington" would be quicker, she sailed from Southampton 7th November and arrived in New York 27th, 3 days after arrival of "Canada" with "24" cents due applied in Maine
