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| 6035 |
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 Transatlantic mail between France and the USA and vice versa - Pioneer Steamships; 1839 (Sept 30): Entire letter from New York to Paris with the 2nd voyage of the 'British Queen', endorsed "pr. British Queen", struck on
obverse with French "ANGL. CALAIS" entry cds (Oct 18) in red. Reverse with framed "SHIP LETTER / PORTSMOUTH" handstamp and three LONDON transit cds's. This 'British Queen' journey lasted from October 1-15 between New York and Portsmouth (Image 1)
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| 6036 |
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 Transatlantic mail between France and the USA and vice versa - Pioneer Steamships; 1839 (Nov 29): Entire letter from Boston to Cognac with the 3rd voyage of the 'British Queen', endorsed "pr. British Queen", struck on obverse
with French "ANGL. CALAIS" entry cds (Dec 27) in red. Reverse with framed "SHIP LETTER / GRAVESEND" and erroneous strike of framed "INDIA LETTER / GRAVESEND" handstamps in red, LONDON and PARIS transit cds's as well as COGNAC arrival cds (Dec 29).
This 'British Queen' journey lasted from December 2-25 between New York and Gravesend (Image 1)
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| 6037 |
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 Transatlantic mail between France and the USA and vice versa - Pioneer Steamships; 1839 (Dec 14): Entire letter from New York to Paris with the 7th and last voyage of the 'Liverpool', endorsed "P. Steamer Liverpool", obverse
with French "ANGL. CALAIS" entry cds (Jan 14) in red, reverse with part strike of two-line "LIVERPOOL SHIP LETTER" handstamp and LONDON transit cds (Jan 13). This 'Liverpool' journey lasted from December 15 - January 11 of the next year between New
York and Liverpool (Image 1)
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| 6038 |
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 Transatlantic mail between France and the USA and vice versa - Pioneer Steamships; 1840 (Aug 17): Entire letter from Boston to Reims with the 15th voyage of the 'Great Western', no endorsement, obverse with indistinct French
entry cds, reverse with Bristol and PARIS (Sept 3) transit cds's as well as REIMS arrival cds of the following day. This 'Great Western' journey lasted from August 18 - September 1st between New York and Bristol (Image 1)
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| 6039 |
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 Transatlantic mail between France and the USA and vice versa - Pioneer Steamships; 1840 (Sept 1): Entire letter from New York to Paris with the maiden voyage of the 'President', endorsed "P. President via Liverpool", struck on
obverse with French "ANGL. CALAIS" entry cds (Sept 20) in red. Reverse with double-line "LIVERPOOL SHIP LETTER" and London transit cds (Sept 18) in red. This 'President' journey lasted from September 1-17 between New York and Liverpool (Image 1)
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| 6040 |
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 Transatlantic mail between France and the USA and vice versa - Pioneer Steamships; 1840 (Oct 20): Entire letter from New Orleans to Bordeaux with the second and last passage of the 'President', endorsed "Steam Ship President
from New York to Liverpool", struck on front with "NEW ORLEANS LA OCT 20" depatch cds in blue, straight-line PAID and French "ANGL. CALAIS" entry cds (Nov 30), both in red. Reverse with "LIVERPOOL SHIP LETTER" handstamp, PARIS transit and BORDEAUX
arrival (Dec 2) cds's . This 'President' journey lasted from November 11-24 between New York and Liverpool. Provenance: Collection Stephen C. Walske (Image
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| 6041 |
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 Transatlantic mail between France and the USA and vice versa - Pioneer Steamships; 1840 (Nov 28): Entire letter from Philadelphia to Paris with the 8th voyage of the 'British Queen', endorsed "Per British Queen", showing
freight money fee '37½', struck on obverse with PHILADELPHIA despatch cds and double framed PAID in blue, and French "ANGL. CALAIS" entry cds (Dec 24) in red. Reverse with straight line "SHIP LETTER" and London transit cds (Dec 22) in red. This
'British Queen' journey lasted from December 1-22 between New York and Portsmouth. Provenance: Collection Stephen C. Walske (Image 1)
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| 6042 |
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 Transatlantic mail between France and the USA and vice versa - Pioneer Steamships; 1841 (March 27): Entire letter from New Orleans to Havre with the 9th and last voyage of the 'British Queen', endorsed "P. British Queen via N
York", showing freight money fee '25+25', struck on obverse with "NEW ORLEANS Pa" despatch cds in blue and double framed PAID in red, and French "ANGL. CALAIS" entry cds (May 1st) in red. Reverse with framed double-line "SHIP LETTER / LIVERPOOL",
misdirected to PARIS (May 1st" in blue and "LE VAVRE arrival (May 9). This 'British Queen' journey lasted from April 11.28 between New York and Liverpool (Image 1)
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| 6043 |
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 Transatlantic mail between France and the USA and vice versa - Pioneer Steamships; 1841 (June 7): Entire letter from New Orleans to Bordeaux with the 19th voyage of the 'Great Western', endorsed "Sent pr Steamer Western from
New York", showing freight money fee, struck on obverse with "NEW Orleans La" despatch cds in blue and straight-line PAID in red, "BRISTOL SHIP LETTER" handstamp in red, and French "ANGL. CALAIS" entry cds in red. Reverse with London transit and
BORDEAUX arrival (July 9) cds. This 'Great Western' journey took from June 19 to July 3 between New York and Bristol (Image 1)
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| 6044 |
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 Transatlantic mail between France and the USA and vice versa - Pioneer Steamships; 1843 (May 7): Entire letter from New Orleans to Bordeaux with the 19th passage of the 'Great Western', endorsed "Steam Ship Via New York",
showing freight money fee, struck on obverse with "NEW YORK MAY 7" transit cds and straight-line PAID in blue, framed "COLONIES / & c. ART 12" handstamp in red, the first date recorded for this accountancy handstamp, and French "ANGL. BOULOGNE"
entry cds in red. This 'Great Western' journey lasted from May 23 to June 8 between New York and Liverpool. Provenance: Collection Richard F. Winter with his writeup, Schuyler Rumsey sale 50 (February 2013), lot 77 (Image 1)
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| 6045 |
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 Transatlantic mail between France and the USA and vice versa - Pioneer Steamships; 1846 (June 8): Entire letter from New York to Paris with the 3rd voyage of the 'Great Britain', endorsed "pr Great Britain", struck on obverse
with framed "COLONIES & c. ART. 13." handstamp and French "ANGL. BOULOGNE" entry cds (June 25) in red. Reverse with London transit (June 23) cds in red. This 'Great Britain' journey lasted from June 8-23 between New York and Liverpool (Image 1)
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| 6046 |
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 Transatlantic mail between France and the USA and vice versa - Pioneer Steamships; 1846 (July 31): Entire letter from New York to Cognac with the 4th and last voyage of the 'Great Britain', endorsed "Steamer Great Britain",
showing freight money fee, struck on obverse with bend PAID in red, framed "COLONIES & C. ART. 13." handstamp in red, and French "ANGL. BOULOGNE" entry cds (Aug 19) in red. Reverse with "LIVERPOOL SHIP" and London transit and COGNAC arrival (Aug
20) cds. This 'Great Britain' journey lasted from August 1-16 between New York and Liverpool (Image 1)
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| 6047 |
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 Transatlantic mail between France and the USA and vice versa - Pioneer Steamships; 1847 (Jan 14): Entire letter from Le Havre to Kingston Massachusetts with the maiden voyage of the 'Sarah Sands', endorsed "via New York Sarah
Sands", reverse with William Slade forwarding cachet, manuscript "8" d. paid at London, obverse with Crowned "PAID SHIP LETTER" (Jan 19) datestamp, sent to Liverpool, on arrival at New York struck with "NEW YORK SHIP 7 cts" (Feb 11) cds in red
combining the 2 c. ship fee and 5 c. inland postage. A very fine entire, this 'Sarah Sands' journey lasted from January 20 - February 10 between Liverpool and New York. Note: One of only three recorded letters carried on the maiden voyage of the
´Sarah Sands´. The ´Sarah Sands´ of 1'400 tons was built for Sands & Company of Liverpool by James Hudson & Company, also of Liverpool as an iron screw propelled vessel and launched in September 1846. The maiden voyage from Liverpool to New
York left on the 20th January 1847 and the Prices Current offered here travelled on that voyage. Provenance: Collection Hugh Feldman, Schuyler Rumsey sale 37 (April 2010), lot 2670 (Image 1)
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| 6048 |
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 Transatlantic mail between France and the USA and vice versa - Pioneer Steamships; 1847 (July 31): Entire letter from New York to Paris with the 3rd voyage of the 'Sarah Sands', endorsed "pr. Sarah Sands", obverse with French
"ANGL. BOULOGNE" entry cds (Aug 25) and framed "COLONIES / &c. ART. 13." handstamp, both inred, reverse with framed 22 AU 1847 LIVERPOOL SHIP" datestamp in black and London transit cds in red from the same day. This 'Sarah Sands' journey lasted
from August 3-22 between New York and Liverpool (Image 1)
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| 6049 |
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 Transatlantic mail between France and the USA and vice versa - Pioneer Steamships; 1848 (Aug 4): Entire letter written in New York and directed to Reims with the 2nd voyage of the 'United States New York / Le Havre', obverse
with "NAPP & Cie / HAVRE" forwarder handstamp in blue and "LE HAVRE 19 AOUT 48" cds in black, reverse with "LIGNE-DU-HAVRE" ambulant cds of the same day. This steamship left New York on 5 August, reaching Southampton on 18 August and Le Havre on
19 August 1848 (Image 1)
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| 6050 |
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 Transatlantic mail between France and the USA and vice versa - Pioneer Steamships; 1849 (Jan 7): Envelope from Le Havre to Beardstown, Perry County Tennessee with the 3rd and last voyage of the 'United States', endorsed "par
le United States", reverse with partial prepayment of "6" décimes, obverse with PARIS transit (Jan 7) cds and framed "P.P." handstamp as well as "NEW YORK SHIP 12 Cts" datestamp. Tear at base of cover not distracting from the rarity of this item. The
'United States' travelled from Le Havre 8 January via Southampton 9 January, Halifax 3 February and finally to New York 5 February (Image 1)
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| 6051 |
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 Transatlantic mail between France and the USA and vice versa - Pioneer Steamships; 1855 (Aug 10): Entire letter from New York to Cognac with the 6th voyage of the 'Ariel' of the Vanderbilt European Line, endorsed "p Ariel",
obverse with French "OUTRE-MER / LE HAVRE" entry cds (Aug 24) in red, reverse with two ambulants and COGNAC arrival (Aug 25) cds's. This 'Ariel' journey lasted from August 8-24 between New York via Southampton to Le Havre (Image 1)
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| 6052 |
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 Transatlantic mail between France and the USA and vice versa - Pioneer Steamships; 1856 (April 1): Entire letter from Paris to New York with the maiden voyage of the 'Alma', endorsed "per Steamer Alma via Havre", obverse with
PARIS despatch cds '6' in circle due, reverse with "BUREAU MARITIME LE HAVRE" transit cds (April 2) cds in red. The first part of the journey was paid with Napoléon imperf. 20 c. blue and pair 40 c. orange (Yvert 14+16), the 40 c. touched at base,
tied together by 'Gros Points Carrées' obliterator. A fine franking showing the 60 centimes rate paid from a French post office except the harbour of embarkation, signed Calves (Image 1)
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| 6053 |
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 Transatlantic mail between France and the USA and vice versa - Pioneer Steamships; 1856 (July 14): Triple rate Entire letter from Paris to New York with the 'Alps', endorsed "via Havre per Alps", obverse with indistinct PARIS
despatch cds and framed "P.P." handstamp in red as well as '6' in circle due. The first part of the journey was paid with Napoléon imperf. 20 c. blue and pair 80 c. carmine (Yvert 14+17), margins from shaved to large, each adhesive tied by 'D' grill
in dots. A fine franking showing the triple 60 centimes rate paid from a French post office except the harbour of embarkation (Image 1)
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| 6054 |
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 Transatlantic mail between France and the USA and vice versa - Pioneer Steamships; 1856 (July 15): Entire letter from Le Havre to New York with the 'Alps', endorsed "p. Steamer Alps", obverse with indistinct "BUREAU MARITIME
HAVRE" despatch cds and framed "P.P." in red as well as '6' in circle due. The first part of the journey was paid with Napoléon imperf. 10 c. bistre and 80 c. carmine (Yvert 13+17), two overall fine and fresh examples, the 80 c. touched at right,
each adhesive tied by Petits Chiffres '1495' numeral. A fine franking showing the triple rate paid from the port of embarkation (Image 1)
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