(Retaliatory Rates) 1848 (Jul. 2) Münster, Prussia to New York, N.Y., folded cover endorsed "via England per mail steamer" with "Münster 3/7" origin cds and magenta "fro 20" silbergroschen rating for single rate, manuscript "1/8" credit to U.K. and Liverpool "JY 7" transit, carried by Cunard Line Hibernia from Liverpool Jul. 8 to New York arriving Jul. 21, New York "24" rate handstamp for retaliatory fee to arrival port, Very Fine and scarce non-U.K. origin. Estimate  $200 - 300. Letter carried on the third Cunard mail voyage to the United States under the retaliatory order. Prepayment in Germany covered all transit fees in the open mail through Prussia, Belgium and British mail systems to U.S. port. Retaliatory order applied to mails from all foreign countries transiting through the United Kingdom carried to the U.S. by foreign vessels. $0 (Image)