Lot no. 1662

1863, letter from Buenos Aires to Boston, mailed with the branch packet “Mersey” to the “Magdalena” in Rio de Janeiro; on 11.7.1963 the ship left Southampton, with arrival on 6.8.1963. The weight was 2 oz., noted “96” being 4-times the 24 c. debit on the U.S. Post Office for a letter across the Atlantic by an American Packet, “via Southampton” in manuscript. In Queenstown, it caught the Inman Line ship “City of Washington” on 6.8.1963, with arrival cds. “BOSTON AM. PKT. AUG 18”. Charged $1.80 in silver coins and $2.20 in banknotes (noted 1,80 / 2,20 in U.S. NOTES). Scarce two-time Atlantic-crossing and highest known postal rate of a maritime depreciated currency cover. Cert. Wijnands (2022) ex Booth