By: Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc.
lot # 485 - united states postal history transatlantic mails - 1710 to 1840
1836 (Nov. 24) New York N.Y. to London, England via Liverpool. Docketed folded cover with red "Forwarded Through Hudson's News Room Foreign Ship Letter Office New York" oval handstamp, addressed to Rothschild & Sons, carried as endorsed by Robert Kermit's Line St. Andrews from New York to Liverpool, entered mails with "Liverpool / Ship Letter" framed handstamp (LL627, S13) and "1/2" 1s2d rating, red London (12.12) arrival backstamp; fast transit time, Very Fine and choice.
Estimate; $200 - 300.
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