379th Auction

1870 (9 Aug), Pictorial Issue 2c. brown, three singles with target cancel on small envelope with adjacent cds. "LENA AUG 9" to Wisbeach, adhesives some toning/imperfection, still fine and attractive

1854 (Oct. 3), Washington 3c. red imperforated with manuscript mark on folded lettersheet from Spencer, Tennesse, endorsed "via New York & Liverpool" to Leipzig. The letter weighed more than ½oz and was rated as double, with black integral cds. "N. YORK AM. Pkt 46 OCT 14", carried by the "Atlantic" from New York to Liverpool, charged with "26" sgr. to the recipient, interesting cover with attempted part-payment
 

1855 (Jan 10), Washington 12c. vertical pair with lower sheet margin with grid cancel in envelope with adjacent integral cds. "NEW YORK 3 JAN 10", carried by the "Atlantic", to Dublin, Ireland. the pair touched at left, some toning at bottom of cover, still attractive usage

1856, Franklin 1c. blue and horizontal pair Washington 10c. green tied by cds. "TRENTON JUN 6 1856" to buff envlope with adjacent "NEW YORK JUN 7 AM Pkt" and manuscript "6" due added, carried by "Baltic", "Euxine", "Bengal" and "Ganges" to Hong Kong, stamp cut into, part of backflap missing, still attractive

1840 (Aug. 17), triple-weight folded lettersheet from "PHILADELPHIA AUG 30" endorsed "per Acadia via Boston & Halifax" to London, charged with "75", carried with "Acadia" on her Maiden Return voyage to Liverpool, later charged only as double-letter with "2/-", fine

1841 (19 July), folded letter from Lynchburg via "PHILADELPHIA JUL 28" with matching boxed "PAID" alongside, endorsed "per Steamer Caledonia" to New Port, Isle of Wight, charged with handstamp "1/-", fine. Interesting content, with full transcript, with a long discussion about slavery "...I am in hopes that the Abolitionists will let us alone...the master is the greatest slave".

1845 (20. Jan), double-weight folded lettersheet from "MOBILE JAN 20" endorsed "per Boston steamer" to London, charged with "50", carried with "Cambria" on her Maiden Return voyage to Liverpool, later charged only as regular letter with "1/-", fine

1848, double-weight folded letter dated "Habana Diciembre 28" endorsed "via del Norte" to Paris, privately carried to Charleston with cds. "CHARLESTON JAN 12" and matching red "PAID", carried on the 2nd of 3 Cunard Line eastward voyages, in transit red boxed "COLONIES /& Art. 13" applied and charged with "33" decimes in France, a fine and scarce restored rate period entire

1848, folded letter dated "London 10th Nov 1848" endorsed "per Cambria" with light adjacent straight-line "Touley St." and red manuscript "3/-" triple rate, carried by Cambria from Liverpool to New York with blue manuscript "72" triple due rating for three times 24c retaliatory packet rate, a fine and unusual entire

1848, small envelope from "CONSTANTINOPLE 25 JUIL 48" to London in "care of Baring Bros, London" with manuscript "1/3" due rating, later crossed out and "1/-" prepaid transatlantic packet rating applied, carried by Cunard's "Britannia" from Liverpool to Boston with partial "BOSTON SHIP AUG 26" and matching "34" cent retaliatory handstamp, some paper loss at center, otherwise fine

1848, Embossed 1sh. green, horinzontal pair and singles 1841 1d. red and 2p. blue, fresh colors and mostly good margins, 2d. touched, tied by barred numeral "466" to folded letter endorsed "Niagara" to Boston with "48" cent retaliatory charge applied, vertical crease touching 2d., otherwise fine and scarce entire

1848, folded letter from "MÜNSTER 27 12" endorsed "via London per mailsteamer" with manuscript rating "20" (Sgr) to New York, carried from Liverpool on Cunard's "Canada" to New York with matching red handstamp "6" postage due, fine and scarce restored rate cover from Germany

1848, folded letter with red "GLASGOW PAID SEP 14 1848" and matching manuscript "1/-" endorsed "per Halifax Steamer from Liverpool" to Boston, carried on Cunard's "America" to New York, with "29" retaliatory rate handstamp overstruck with "34", a fine and scarce entire

1848, registered double-weight folded letter dated "15 Dec. 1848" endorsed "per Europa", prepaid with two singles 1847 Embossed 1sh. green, cut to shape, additional "6" p. for registration paid in cash, carried on Cunards "Europa" final retaliatory voyage to New York, with "48" double-rate manuscript applied upon arrival, a fine and scarce entire, certificate PF (2004)

1848, folded letter from Liverpool with framed "PAID AT LIVERPOOL JU 24 1848" and matching "1/-" handstamp, endorsed "p. Caledonia" to Philadelphia, carried on Cunard's "Caledonia" first voyage to the U.S. under the realiatory order,  in New York red "NEW YORK SHIP 29cts." applied, very fine and attractive

1848, double-weight folded letter dated "London 31 October" endorsed "Pr. Acadia" to New York, with "2/-" manuscript charge and adjacent "PAID NO 3 1848", in Boston with "58" retaliatory rate handstamp and "BOSTON SHIP NOV 19", fine and scarce

1848, folded letter from Halifax with red "HALIFAX PAID AUG 11" and matching manuscript "1/-" endorsed "per Steamer" to New York, upon arrival in Boston red "BOSTON SHIP AUG 41" and "29" handstamp for retaliatory rate struck, fine and scarce

1848, folded letter from "NANTES 25 JUIN 48" to New Orleans with manuscript "18" rating on reverse, conveyed by the "Niagara" from Liverpool to Boston with transit mark and red "34" due handstamp, some aging, still fine and scarce retaliatory period entire

1848, folded letter from dated "New York 27 September" endorsed "Steamer Acadia via Boston" to Geneva, with light due marking "29" and red "PAID" and matching "29" cts. handstamp, carried on Cunard's "Acadia" from Boston to Liverpool, via London with boxed "COLONIES/&c. Art 13", "13" dec. swiss charge in red ink, fine and scarce retaliatory rate cover to Switzerland

1848, folded letter from "NEW ORLEANS JUL 1" via forwarding agents "Tucker & Lightbourn" to Bermuda but missent to England with red London "24 JY 24 1848" arrival mark, sent back on Cunard's "Acadia" first retaliatory rate voyage, Halifax transit mark "H AU 11 1848" and sent to Bermuda with "2/-" manuscript rating, fine and scarce entire

1848, folded letter dated "Batavia 26th September" endorsed "via England" and privately carried to England to Boston, with "1/-" manuscript charge, carried on maiden voyage of Cunard's "Canada" from Liverpool to New York with red integral cds. "NEW YORK SHIP 29cts" for the retaliatory rate, very fine and scarce entire

1848, folded letter from "ST.P.A. BREMEN 20 11" endorsed "p. Steamer Via Ostend" with adjacent straight-line "FRANCO" to Petersburg, with "1/-" manuscript, carried on Cunard's "Canada" from Liverpool to New York with red integral cds. "NEW YORK SHIP 34 cts"., a scarce and attractive retaliatory rate cover from Germany

1848, folded letter dated "Rotterdam 19 Sept 1848" endorsed "p Steamer Cambria" via Liverpool with framed "PAID AT LIVERPOOL" and red handstamp "1/-" to Philadelphia, upon arrival in Boston red cds. "BOSTON SHIP" and matching "34" cent retaliatory handstamp struck, fine

1848, double-weight folded letter from New York endorsed "p Steamer Niagara" with manuscript charge "58" to Schiedam, carried on Cunard's "Niagara" on the last retaliatory rate voyage from Boston to Liverpool with charge "3(s)/4(d)" applied, finally charged with "230" dutch cents, fine and scarce entire

1848, folded lettersheet from "CHARLESTON SEP 23" with matching red "PAID" and "34" alongside, endorsed "pr. Europe" to London with arrival mark and "1/-" retaliatory due rating, very fine and scarce

1848, double-weight folded letter from "CINCINATTI AUG 11" with matching red "PAID" and manuscript "68" alongside, via Liverpool to Carlisle with arrival and "2/-" retaliatory due rating, fine and attractive

1848, folded lettersheet from "BALTIMORE SEP 11" with matching blue "PAID" and manuscript rating "29" alongside, endorsed "pr. Steamer via. N.Y", conveyed on the "Niagara" to London with arrival mark and "1/-" retaliatory due rating, very fine and scarce

1848, folded lettersheet from "WILMINGTON AUG 29" with matching blue "PAID" and manuscript rating "29" alongside, endorsed "via New York per Cambria" to Liverpool with arrival, forwarded to Harrogate, "1/-" retaliatory due rating, letter with interesting context referring to re State of Ireland and reference to typhoid fever in USA, very fine and scarce

1848, folded lettersheet from "BOSTON SEP 11" with matching red "PAID" and red "29" alongside, endorsed "pr Niagara" to Annan, with arrival and "1/-" retaliatory due rating, forwarded to Glasgow and franked with 1841 1p. red, tied by blueish numeral, touched, attractive Retaliatory period cover

1848, folded letter dated "Boston Oct 23 1848" to Leipzig, Saxony. With red "PAID" and matching handstamp "29", carried on Cunard's "Britannia" to Liverpool, 3(sh)6(d) manuscript debit to Prussia, weak boxed "AMERICA per ENGLAND" applied in transit, charged "482" Neupfennig at destination, some toning but a very scarce destination

1848, folded lettersheet from "Cincinatti" with matching red "PAID" and manuscript "34" alongside, endorsed "By the steamer", conveyed on "Britannias" last voyage for Cundard, to Leamington, with arrival and "1/-" retaliatory due rating, fine and attractive

1848, folded lettersheet from "Boston 30 Oct." endorsed "per Steamer via Liverpool" to Lincolnshire, with arrival and "1/-" retaliatory due rating, fine and attractive

1848, envelope from "CLEVELAND AUG 11" with matching red "PAID" and manuscript "34" alongside, via Liverpool to Scotland with "1/-" retaliatory due rating, fine and attractive

1848, quadruple-rate folded letter from "MANCHESTER JU 30 1848" endorsed "pr. Niagara Steamer" to Boston with "4/-" rate manuscript alongside, carried on Cunard's "Niagara" to Boston, upon arrival charged with "72" cent retaliatory rate., small tear at top otherwise very fine and rare. The British rate structure didn't allow for a triple rate, moving from a double rate of 2/ for between half and one ounce to a quadruple rate of 4/ for over one ounce but not over 2 ounces were collected from the writer, the U.S. progression was per half ounce allowing for a triple rate, thus 72c at 24c per half ounce retaliatory for up to 1½ ounces was collected from the addressee. Multiple rate retaliatory rate covers are rare as are covers illustrating the disparity in rate progression between the two countries. 

1848, folded lettersheet from "GLASGOW SEP 21 1848" written by James Maguire if Company K, 7th Infantry addressed to the Adjutant General's Office, War Department in Washington with "1/-" manuscript rating alongside, conveyed by "Cambria" to Boston with red "BOSTON SHIP..." and matching retaliatory "34" rating handstamp, this crossed out as cover addressed to U.S. Goverment Office, small faults, but an attractive and rare transatlantic free retaliatory use

1848, folded letter from "BALTIMORE JUL 25" with  matching blue "PAID" and "34" manuscript rating to Cognac, originally intended for shipment by "Niagara", but since the arrival in Boston was too late sent via New York with the "Hibernia", fine and scarce retaliatory rate cover from Baltimore