1856 (Jun. 2) Funchal, Madeira Islands to Washington D.C., cover from Clymer correspondence with June 2nd enclosure, Madeira (6.2) origin and London (6.9) backstamps, manuscript "44" single rate updated to "88" double rate, carried by Collins Line Atlantic from Liverpool Jun. 11 to New York arriving Jun. 22, "New-York Jun 23 Am. Pkt." exchange cds with "1.30" due rating, Very Fine and scarce origin. Estimate  $300 - 400. Letter was carried from Funchal to Southampton on the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. steamship "Tamar" returning from the Caribbean to England. New York added 2 x 21¢ = 42¢ U.S. share to the 88¢ and marked $1.30 postage due. Envelope contained an 18-page letter from Surgeon George Clymer, U.S.S. Jamestown, flagship of the African Squadron, to his wife care of Commodore Shubrick in Washington, D.C. $0 (Image)