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lot # 1018 - u.s. postal history by topic early stampless
Thursday Mar 27, 2014 10:00 America/New_York
1789 (Oct. 5) Exeter England to Philadelphia Pa., folded ship letter with "Exon" dateline, bearing "EXETER" and "FALMOUTH" straightline handstamps, manuscript "pd 1/6" rating, carried to a port within 100 miles of Philadelphia, manuscript "1.8" rating, post paid the 1 shilling transatlantic packet plus 6 pence British inland postage, rated 1 dwt 8 gr for 60-100 miles to Philadelphia, Very Fine.
Estimate $400 - 600.
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