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Lot 1921

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