1831 (Jan. 1) New York to Schiedam, Netherlands, folded letter sent privately to England to unknown Liverpool agent, carried by Black Ball Line New York from New York Jan. 1 to Liverpool arriving Jan. 28, Liverpool (1.28) backstamp with red "Paid at Liverpool" h.s. and red manuscript "6/3" 6s3d prepaid rating, London (1.31) transit, Schiedam (2.5) arrival backstamp with manuscript "100" Dutch Cents due rating; file folds, Very Fine, a scarce New York to Netherlands use via England as most mail was sent via France, only one other cover is recorded. Estimate  $300 - 400. Prior to April 1835, letters to Holland were held for postage at London until all transit fees were paid; therefore, agents in the United Kingdom had to be used. Letter paid 6s3d for a letter to Holland with two enclosures after being corrected from 4s2d payment (letter with one enclosure). This amount consisted of 3 x 11d transit to London less 3 x 2d reduction for foreign letter mail from outside London plus 3 x 1s4d foreign fee to Holland. Dutch entry from England was at Brielle 10 miles west of Schiedam. Dutch marked 2 x 50 Dutch cents postage due for 15-30 gram weight letter by packet from England. $0 (Image)