380th Auction

1819, HERALD (Boston & Liverpool Packet Co.): Folded letter dated "Liverpool 30 June 1819" endorsed "p. Harald via Boston" with good strike of private cachet "P. FOX SHIP HARALD SAILED JULY 3", with Boston arrival and matching red "SHIP", charged "20", fine and scarce

1820, LANCSTER (Cope´s Philadelphia Line): Folded letter dated "Philad. 11 month 9. 1820" to endorsed "Lancaster" with boxed "LIVERPOOL SHIP LETTER" alongside, charged with "2/-" nfor a triple-weight letter, fine

1822, PANTHEA: Maiden Voyage, folded letter dated "Boston le 20 Mars 1822" and endorsed "Per Ship Panthea via Liverpool", addressed to London with final destination Cognac, reverse with boxed "LIVERPOOL SHIP LETTER", charged with "3/2", fine and interesting entire

1829, HUDSON: Folded letter dated "Albany 8th May 1829" and endorsed "...Hudson Capt....", addressed to London, sent under separate cover or carried privately to New York, with red boxed "PORTSMOUTH SHIP-LETTER" applied, charged "1/4"d., which was cancelled, fine

1831, CHARLES CARROLL: Folded price list dated "New York February 10 1831" with adjacent handstamp "Par ChAS. CaRROLL 12 Feb 1831" to Bordeaux, with boxed "PAYS D'OUTREMER PAR LE HAVRE" on front, charged with "14" decimes, fine

1833, CALEDONIA: triple weight folded letter from "BRANTFORD 6 Dec 33" to London, charged with "1/11 + 75cent", upon arrival charged as double with "3/2", instructions were enclosed for return letters "3d. is to be given to the waiter at the Coffee House for putting them in the bag", an attractive and interesting entire

1833, SOVEREIGN: Folded lettersheet from New York endorsed "Sovereign" and addressed to London, put directly on board with no Post Office charge, London arrival and boxed "COWES SHIP LETTER" on reverse, charged with "4/3", small tear closed, otherwise fine

1833, UNITED STATES: Maiden Voyage, folded letter dated "New York 23d June 1833" endrosed "p. United States" addressed to Edinburg, reverse with boxed "LIVERPOOL SHIP LETTER", charged with "1/7" in manuscript and Scottish wheel tax of "½" added by boxed handstamp, fine and attractive entire

1835, ALBANY: Folded letter from Paris addressed to Buffalo, endorsed "Albany", sent under separate cover to a forwarder with clear strike of "Forwarded by Emerson & NORWOOD HAVRE." on reverse, charged with "25" c. for the transfer to Buffalo, fine

1836, GLADIATOR: Folded letter dated "Havana 20 January 1836", carried to a forwarder in New York with matching handstamp "FORWARDED BY MOSES TAYLOR NEW-YORK" on reverse, put on the "Gladiator" to Portsmouth with corresponding boxed "PORTSMOUTH SHIP LETTER" on front, charged with "1/4", fine

1836, NORMANDIE: Folded letter endorsed "p. Normandie" adressed to New York, perfect strike of "Received and Forwarded by A. P. Smith & Co Havre" on reverse, cds. "BUREAU MARITIME 9 AVR" on front, charged with "6" ship fee, fine

1836, SILVIE DE GRASSE: Folded letter dated "New York Jan 16th 1836" addressed to Paris, reverse with good strike of "FORWARDED THROUGH HUDSON'S NEWS ROOM & FOREIGN SHIP LETTER OFFICE NEW YORK", charged with "6" decimes for the transit to Paris, fine

1838, INDEPENDENCE (Blue Swallowtail Line): Folded letter dated "New York 5th December 1838" addressed to London,  put on board by the Forwarding Agent Gilpin‘s Exchange with matching oval " FORWARDED THROUGH GILPIN´S EXCHANGE READING ROOM AND FOREIGN LETTER OFFICE N. YORK" on reverse, charged as double-rate with "3/2"d, fine

1838, PRESIDENT: Folded letter dated "London 9 May 1838" endorsed "p. President" addressed to Kennebunk, Maine. Sent to Liverpool illegally or under separate cover, red arrival "NEW-YORK SHIP JUN 11" on front, charged "20¾" cents, fine

1838, TORONTO: Folded lettersheet from "PHILADELPHIA APR 9" with matching boxed "PAID" endorsed "Toronto" and addressed to London, reverse with boxed "SHIP LETTER WEYMOUTH", charged with "3/-", fine

1838, WELLINGTON: Maiden Voyage, folded letter dated "Baltimore Feb 17th 1838" endorsed "Per Packet...From New York", adressed to London, reverse with black "DARTMOUTH SHIP LETTER", charged "1/7", fine and scarce

1839, GARRICK: Folded double-weight letter dated "Leith 29th Nov. 1839" addressed to Richmond, red "SHIP LETTER LIVERPOOL 13 DEC 1839" and red "NEW-YORK SHIP JAN 16" struck alongside, charged with "2/-", fine

1839, PATRICK HENRY: Maiden Return Voyage, folded letter dated "Leith 11th Dec 1839" addressed to Richmond, Virginia, charged with "1/-", the uniform rate per ½ oz effective 5th December, upon arrival in New York red "NEW-YORK SHIP FEB 1" applied, fine

1840, SOUTH AMERICA (Black Ball Line): Folded freight money letter dated "Stratford Jan 13 1840" with adjacent cds. "STRATFORD 18 JAN 1840", endorsed "Per Steam Ship from New York", to Edinburgh, charged with "9 (to the border) 25 cts (to New York) 12½ (Freight Money)", later charged "8" to Edinburgh, very fine and thought to be the only known freight money cover

1843, NORTH AMERICA: Folded letter dated "Manchester 6 Jan 1843" with red "MANCHESTER JA 6 1843" alongside, addressed to Boston, ship ran aground at Sandy Hook with complete loss, mail and passengers carried to New York by ship 16th of February with matching red "NEW-YORK SHIP FEB 16" struck, charged "77" (cents), very rare

1846, WATERLOO (Red Star Line): Folded letter dated "Charleston 6th March 1846" with matching cds. "CHARLESTON MAR 6 S.C." alongside to London, endorsed "First Liverpool Packet via New York", charged "10" with matching red "PAID" and in manuscript "12½" (freight money), freight money covers from Charleston are uncommon and those at the 12½ rate are scarce

1847, SHERIDAN: Folded letter dated "Calcutta 21 Jan. 1847" sent per "Hindustad" and "Ripon" to a forwader (Baring Bros.) in London, Baring Bros. paid "1/10" and an outgoing ship fee of 8d., put on "Sheridan" in Liverpool via New York to Boston, fine and interesting

1838, GREAT WESTERN: Maiden Return voyage, Folded lettersheet endorsed "Per Steamer Great Western May 7" to London, charged with "1/6" and boxed "BRISTOL SHIP LETTER" applied, fine and scarce

1838, GREAT WESTERN: Folded lettersheet from Richmond to Paris, endorsed "p Great Western", sent outside the mails by an Express Company to New York, charged with "25" cents freight money, arrival Bristol with boxed "BRISTIL SHIP-LETTER" alongside, charged "1/6", fine

1838, LIVERPOOL: Maiden Voyage, folded letter dated "Falmouth 8 October 1838" and endorsed "p. Steamer Liverpool", privately carried to Liverpool, delayed in Cork for re-coaling, with red "NEW-YORK SHIP NOV 23" arrival, fin

1838, ROYAL WILLIAM: Maiden Voyage, folded letter dated "Liverpool 5 July 1839" endorsed "p Royal William Steamer for New York", addressed to Quebec with red "NEW-YORK SHIP JUL 25" and "MONTREAL JY 28 1838", charged with "2/-" resp "20¾" for triple rate, no apparent Canadian charges, small part of the address erased, a fine and scarce entire

1838, ROYAL WILLIAM: Final Atlantic Voyage, folded lettersheet endorsed "Royal William", addressed to London, reverse with two-line "LIVERPOOL SHIP LETTER", charged with "3/2", fine

1838, SIRIUS: Maiden return voyage, folded letter with full content endorsed "pr. Sirius" addressed to London, no apparent charge, arrival in Falmouth with red boxed "SHIP LETTER FALMOUTH", charged "1/8", scarce entire

1839, BRITISH QUEEN: Maiden Voyage, folded lettersheet (no side flaps) from "SMYRNE TURQUIE 19 JUIN 1839", endorsed "Pr. British Queen", addressed to Wooley, Bell & Co, the forwarder in Liverppl. On the "Eurotas" to Malta where it was disinfected with matching " PURIFIE AU LAZARET MALTE", from there put on the "Ramses" to Marseilles. Charged with "5/5" for the double rate, with further manuscript charge "20¾" for the 18¾ inland postage plus 2c. ship fee, reverse slightly reinforced, an attractive and very rare non-contract steamship letter showing disinfection, ex Dick Winter

1839, GREAT WESTERN: Folded lettersheet from "MOBILE JUN 5" and matching straight-line "PAID" alongside to London via New York forwarder, endorsed "Express", charged with "75" in red ink (25cents inland and 50 cents express fee), ocean crossing unpaid, two-line "BRISTOL SHIP LETTER" applied, fine and scarce

1839, GREAT WESTERN: Folded letter with printed letterhead from a director of the Transatlantic Steamship Co that provides evidence that many letters were sent as parcels to avoid Post Office charges "For parcels supposed to contain letters and which are desired to be put into the letter bags we do not give receipts", addressed to New York with adjacent "PAID AT Liverpool", fine

1839, LIVERPOOL: Folded letter dated "Western Bank July 5 1839" with red cds. "BALTIMORE JUL 4", endorsed "Steamer Liverpool", addressed to London, rated as quadruple letter and charged "100" (4x25 c. freight money) and in Liverpool rated as double-weight letter with "3/2", fine and interesting entire

1839, LIVERPOOL: Folded letter dated "Richmond 11th Dec 1839" with matching red cds. "RICHMOND DEC 11 Va", endorsed "p. Liverpool Steam Ship", addressed to Liverpool, reverse showing red two-line "PAID STEAM" which is peculiar to Richmond on Transatlantic mail, forced into Fayal to re-coal, charged with "8" uniform ship letter rate, fine and interesting

1839, LIVERPOOL: Folded letter dated "Quebec 8th May" with matching red cds. "QUEBEC MY 11 1839" alongside, addressed to Falkirk, reverse with two-line "LIVERPOOL SHIPLETTER", three strikes of "PAID" with manuscript ratings "11", "18¾" and "25", charged with "1/8" and Scottish wheel tax, fine and interesting entire

1840, PRESIDENT: Maiden Voyage, folded letter dated "Liverpool 25 July 1840" with red "SHIP-LETTER LIVERPOOL 31 JY 31", endorsed "pr. President", addressed to New York, charged with "8" d. for the ship letter rate effective 10th January 1840 from anywhere in the U.K., fine and scarce entire

1840, PRESIDENT: Maiden Return Voyage, folded lettersheet from New York, endorsed "p. Steamer President", addressed to Bordeaux, charged with "8" shipletter rate and finally "46" decimes, fine