£260
1804-1815 FLEET MAIL DURING NAPOLEONIC & 1812-15 AMERICAN WARS: A good selection of ships mail from this interesting period. Condition is generally good to fine with interesting rates & routes inc. 1804 EL to a crew member on HMS Amethyst, Nore. The ship had sailed so Nore was crossed out and ms Yarmouth added top left. A v.fine SHEERNESS/51 was applied and a YARMOUTH/124 mileage added, charged 3+9=11d; 1807 EL written by Admiral Duckworth, from HMS Royal George, off Ushant, with good boxed mileage PLYMOUTH DOCK 220 across the flap; 1807 EL from James Blair, Berbice, initially endorsed via Barbados crossed out and ms H.M.S. Helena recd. with s/l smudged PLYMOUTH DOCK to Belfast with London JY/14/1807 ds. Other items inc. mail from 1805 HMS Zealand, 1810 HMS Favourite, 1811 EL HMS Spitfire (Spithead), 1811 HMS Barfleur (Lisbon), 1812 HMS Andromache (off Brest), 1813 HMS Warspite (Basque Roads), HMS Bedford (Nore), HMS Menelaus (Bordeaux), HMS Rhin, and HMS Liffey. (14) Cross Reference: NAVAL, MARITIME MAIL, FRANCE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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