QV STAMPED MAIL - SHIP LETTERS TO/FROM AUSTRALIA, MISSENT, ETC.: 1841-79 set of envs. inc. 1857 ex Edinburgh to Dublin missent to Liverpool; 1859 (missing flap) ex Melbourne to London franked with 2d + 4d stamps; 1857 to Melbourne with a large fine large slightly smudged "SHIP LETTER/[crown]/FE 27/1857/LIVERPOOL" hs; 1879 ex Canada to Edinburgh with a fine red circular "PAID/LIVERPOOL/BR. PACKET/20 JU 79/5B" ds; an 1841 1d lilac embossed env. to Ireland cancelled with a MX with a Liverpool cds & Irish diamond on back. (5) (Image)

1727 LEVER / POOLE 1727 EL Liverpool to Preston with very fine LEVER / POOLE two line hand stamp. Rated 3d and endorsed in manuscript "Turne at Warrington". Scarce early entire. (Image)

TRANSATLANTIC MAIL; Trio with Mar. 1841 E from NY to London or May 1842 EL ex Philadelphia to Liverpool 'per Britannia' or 'Arcadia Steamer' with a v.fine red oval "FORWARDED FROM/HARNDENS/PACKAGE EXPRESS & FOREIGN/LETTER OFFICE/No.2 WALL ST NEW YORK" or oval "FORWD BY/T.W.WARD/BOSTON" h.s. and both v.fine black two ring "AMERICA/L" (Tab.P1) (crossed by filing crease) on the top flap and 19 Mar 1846 EL to NY 'p Unicorn' with a fine "SHIP LETTER/LIVERPOOL" (Tab. S15) d.s. on the reverse (opens to display) and a Liverpool "8" (Tab. M65) overstruck with an NY large "7", both in red on the front. (3 covers) (Image)

AMERICA/L MARKS; Group of 1844 EL's to the same firm in Southampton with "NEW ORLEANS/LA" cds on all but one and "PAID" and "1/-" marks on front and rear with oval "AMERICA/L" and London transit and Southampton arrival d.s. on rear . (5 covers) Cross Reference: TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL (Image)