1840-1848 U.S.-Great Britain Mails - Pre-1848 Treaty by British Contract Steamships, collection balance of 93 stampless covers carried mostly by Cunard Line steamers, mail includes various transit mail from/to Austria, Germany with Württemberg, Hesse, Berlin etc., Canada, Mexico, better includes 1840 Liverpool to New York carried by Britannia on the 2nd voyage and third of the RMSPC Line, 1841 Vera Cruz, Mexico to London via New York, 1842 from Richmond with typical freight money "Ship" backstamp but no rating, 1842 from Philadelphia to England with "Custom-House Philada" backstamp, 1846 Hesse to Louisville Ky. forwarded with blue cds and "Forwarded" straightline, many different rate markings, F.-V.F. Estimate  $3,000 - 4,000.Complete images: View gallery or Download PDF (12MB) $0 (Image)