MAIL TO USA VIA CUNARD, ALLAN, COLLINS, OCEAN, HAVRE & HAPAG...

Hammer

£400

MAIL TO USA VIA CUNARD, ALLAN, COLLINS, OCEAN, HAVRE & HAPAG LINES; Range inc. 29 July & 5 Aug. 1848 EL's to NY or Boston with Paid at Liverpool d.s. and "1/-" h.s. on front and rated with "24" cents h.s. on front, 31 Aug. 1848 EL to NY with Knaresborough d.s. on front carried on the Europa and rated with "29" cents h.s. on front to include the inland 5 cents charge (retaliatory rates), Mar. 1849 E to St Louis with scarce Irish village h.s. "Crossgar/Down" with "24" and "3/CENTS" h.s. on front, carried by the Hermann, 29 June 1850 E to Indiana prepaid '1/-' with scarce "MILLBRIDGE" UDC h.s. and Leeds and Boston transit d.s. on front, 1 May 1851 mourning env. to Philadelphia ex Brighton with oval 'P-D' h.s. applied only used on mail to Europe, 20 June 1851 EL to San Francisco ex Glasgow rated '2/5½'(d) prepaid, Apr. 1854 env. to Newark with Huish Champflower UDC and Wiveliscombe double-arc d.s. on front carried on the Pacific, 2 May 1856 E to NY ex Glasgow rated '2/-' prepaid and with "10/CENTS" h.s. on front, 20 Sep. 1859 EL to NY rated '6'(d) prepaid with "96" h.s. applied in error, overstruck by circular bars and "48" h.s. applied, carried on the Fulton, 5 Aug. 1865 env. to Detroit ex Preston with "DETROIT. AM. PKT." d.s. on front and other similar examples. (26 covers) Cross Reference: IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY, SOMERSET, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL