Lot no. 10680

1785/1868, group of nine covers, with 1785 Nantes to Baltimore with “N. York Aug 29” straight-line; 1807 folded letter datelined “Nantz”, to New York, with  “N. Bedford Ms” c.d.s., this an early New Bedford ship use; 1812 stampless letter from Jacmel, Haiti, to Baltimore (stained); 1840 Grand Coteau, Louisiana manuscript cancel on folded letter via New York & Le Havre to Beauvais, France; 1843 Louisville, Ohio manuscript cancel on double-weight stampless letter to Paris; 1847 folded letter from New Orleans to Austria via Boston forwarding agents S.C. Thwing & Co; 1865 cover from San Francisco to Fontainebleu, via New York & Le Havre, franked with 1858 10c. green and 1862 5c. red brown; 1867 New York to Basel, Switzerland stampless cover via Le Havre; and 1868 New Orleans printed circular to France, franked with 15c. black Lincoln single franking; condition mixed with some faults to be expected in places, but several fresh and fine items.