1845 (Nov. 19) Liverpool, England to New York, N.Y. Folded letter carried privately by Harnden & Co. with black Liverpool company handstamp indicating transatlantic fees of "1/" shilling to be collected upon delivery, carried by Cunard Line Cambria from Liverpool Nov. 19th to Boston arriving Dec. 4th, pencil "25" cent equivalent plus 8¢ for transit from Boston to New York totaled to "33" cents due by addressee, New York marked the street address of "6 Liberty St", Very Fine, ex-Winter.
Estimate; $400 - 600.

If the letter had been mailed in the British system, one shilling would have been prepaid in Liverpool plus 7¢ due in New York for a total of 31¢. Est. $400-600 (Image)

Est. $400-600

1848 (Mar. 15) Elizabethtown, Ind. to Ochsenbach, Württemberg. Folded letter with manuscript "Elizabeth Town, March 15" postmark and "Paid 10" rating, "New-York Mar 20" backstamp, carried by Ocean Line Hermann from New York on Mar. 21st to Bremerhaven arriving Apr. 13th, many manuscript postal ratings, handstamped "America / uber Bremen" with red crayon "¾" transit fee rating, Very Fine, ex-Winter.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000.

A SCARCE LETTER CARRIED ON THE FIRST OF FIVE VOYAGES UNDER THE BREMEN POSTAL TREATY OF 1847 SHOWING THE ¾ GGR. FEE.

Letter sent to Oberamt of Brackenheim since there was no post office in Ochsenbach. On first five voyages of Ocean Line to Bremerhaven, Bremen charged ¾ ggr. for transit from Bremerhaven to Bremen. Bremen debited Hannover 9¾ ggr. Hannover debited Thurn & Taxis Post 11 1/12 ggr. (equivalent to 49 kr.). Thurn & Taxis Post added 24 kr. transit but debited Württemberg 77 kr. instead of 73 kr., or 1 fl. 17 kr. Württemberg added 3 kr. and Oberamt added 2 kr. for total postage due of 1 fl. 22 kr. Less than 20 covers have been recorded showing the ¾ ggr. transit fee. Est. $750-1,000 (Image)

Est. $750-1,000

1849 (Apr. 11) Warren, Pa. to Zierolshofen, Baden. Folded letter with blurry "Warren, Pa. Apr 11" origin cds and matching "Paid" handstamp with manuscript "10" rating, red "New-York Apr 15" exchange backstamp with black "24" debit handstamp to Bremen, carried by Ocean Line Hermann from New York Apr. 2nd to Bremerhaven arriving May 7th, Very Fine, ex-Winter.
Estimate; $500 - 750.

ONE OF ONLY FIVE RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE HANNOVER "9 AMERICA / ÜBER BREMEN" HANDSTAMP IN BLACK INK.

The Hannover post in Bremen debited Hannover 9 gutegroschen, a restatement of the 24¢ U.S. debit. The "9 America / über Bremen" handstamp was introduced in May 1849 and is known in black ink on this one voyage only. Hannover marked 10 1/3 ggr. debit to Thurn & Taxis Post, later marked as 45 kr. Thurn & Taxis Post added 6 kr. transit fee to Baden, where 8 kr. Baden internal fee also was added for total postage due of 59 kr. Est. $500-750 (Image)

Est. $500-750