Los-Nr. 6718

1849, Entire partly prepaid letter from "LOUISVILLE KY. 10/ MAR 20" via British open mail, Hamburg and Stralsund to Carlshamn, showing on front boxed black "AMERICA per ENGLAND" and "STRALSUND 23/4"; taxed in England with "1/4" equal to 13 1/3 sgr. (noted in blue on reverse); instead of adding the Prussian conveyance of 4 sgr. to this amount, Prussia debited 8+4 sgr. adding the old transatlantic postage of 10 sgr. (which was changed merely two months before) = total "22" sgr. to Sweden, which added 24 sk. postage from Hamburg to Carlshamn and charged a total of "1 Rdr. 42 sk." in red crayon at lower left; a scarce letter via British open mail