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The Steven Walske Collection of United States-France Transatlantic Mail continued...

Postal Markings and Rates: Second Retaliatory Rate, Jan. 24-Feb. 9, 1853
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
660 c ImageNew York to Reims, France, Second Retaliatory Rate. Red "New-York Br. Pkt. Feb. 1" circular datestamp on 1853 blue folded letter to Reims, France, pencil "21" U.S. postage charge for Retaliatory Rate via British mails, red London transit backstamp, Calais arrival datestamp and "13" decimes due, carried on Cunarder Europa, arriving Liverpool Feb. 13, Very Fine and rare, the U.S. Post Office Department, unaware that the continued discriminatory rates charged on American Packet mail to France after the 1848 treaty were rescinded in Sep. 1851, briefly charged retaliatory packet postage of 16c (plus the normal 5c) on mail to France via British Packets, this lasted only from Jan. 24 to Feb. 9, 1853, only three eastbound British steamers sailed during the brief 17-day period (this went on the second sailing), see Winter article in Chronicle 152 for a summary and a list, albeit incomplete, of covers (Image)

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 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction
661 c ImageNew York to Reims, France, Second Retaliatory Rate. Red "New-York Br. Pkt. Feb. 9" circular datestamp on 1853 blue folded letter to Reims, France, pencil "21" U.S. postage charge for Retaliatory Rate via British mails, red London transit backstamp, Calais arrival datestamp and "26" decimes due for double-weight, carried on Cunarder Africa, arriving Liverpool Feb. 23, Very Fine and rare, the U.S. Post Office Department, unaware that the continued discriminatory rates charged on American Packet mail to France after the 1848 treaty were rescinded in Sep. 1851, briefly charged retaliatory packet postage of 16c (plus the normal 5c) on mail to France via British Packets, this lasted only from Jan. 24 to Feb. 9, 1853, only three eastbound British steamers sailed during the brief 17-day period (this went on the third sailing), see Winter article in Chronicle 152 for a summary and a list, albeit incomplete, of covers (Image)

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 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction
662 c ImageNew Orleans to La Rochelle, France, Second Retaliatory Rate. Jan. 22, 1853 datelined folded letter from New Orleans to La Rochelle, France, red "Paid" straightline and pencil "21" U.S. postage charge for Retaliatory Rate via British mails, red London transit backstamp, Calais arrival datestamp and "13" decimes due, carried on Cunarder Europa, arriving Liverpool Feb. 13, Very Fine and rare, the U.S. Post Office Department, unaware that the continued discriminatory rates charged on American Packet mail to France after the 1848 treaty were rescinded in Sep. 1851, briefly charged retaliatory packet postage of 16c (plus the normal 5c) on mail to France via British Packets, this lasted only from Jan. 24 to Feb. 9, 1853, only three eastbound British steamers sailed during the brief 17-day period (this went on the second sailing), see Winter article in Chronicle 152 for a summary and a list, albeit incomplete, of covers (Image)

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 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction
663 c ImageBordeaux, France to New Orleans, Second Retaliatory Rate. Dec. 30, 1852 datelined folded letter from Bordeaux, France to New Orleans, manuscript 52 decimes prepayment on back (quadruple-rate), red Bordeaux Jan. 6 double-circle datestamp, carried on Cunarder Africa,, bold "New-York Jan. 31" circular datestamp and "84" handstamp for quadruple Retaliatory Rate, Very Fine, the U.S. Post Office Department, unaware that the continued discriminatory rates charged on American Packet mail to France after the 1848 treaty were rescinded in Sep. 1851, briefly charged retaliatory packet postage of 16c (plus the normal 5c) on mail to France via British Packets, this lasted only from Jan. 24 to Feb. 9, 1853 (Image)

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 E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $1,400.00
Will close during Public Auction

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