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 Cunard Contract Mail, Pre US-UK Treaty 1840-1845; "Britannia"
Maiden return voyage 1840 (July 1): Entire letter from St. Louis to
Mintlaw, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, marked "Care of Messrs. Chandler
Howard &
Co., Boston, Mas." and "To be forwarded by first Steamer
to Liverpool", carried on the "Britannia" on her first eastbound
contract & Maiden Voyage from Boston 1 August to Liverpool (14 Aug)
via Halifax, "St. LOUIS / Ms" despatch
cds in blue (July 2), PAID
handstamp in the same ink, red "NEW YORK" transit (July 13), and
brownish London transit backstamp (Aug 16). Prepaid with '25' cents
for US inland, '1/-' postage due paid by the receiver. An
attractive
combination of Forwarder activity and the first contract
mail from the United States to Great Britain. Note: Very few
letters carried by the return maiden contract voyage are recorded
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 Cunard Contract Mail, Pre US-UK Treaty 1840-1845; "Britannia"
Maiden Return Voyage 1840 (July 31): Double rate entire letter from
Boston to London, endorsed "p Britannia", carried on her first
eastbound contract
& Maiden Voyage from Boston 1 August to
Liverpool 14 August via Halifax, privately carried from New York to
Boston by Forwarding Agent and delivered to Cunard's office. Red
London arrival backstamp (Aug 15). '2/-' shilling postage
due for
the double packet rate. Provenance: Collection Hugh Feldman,
Schuyler Rumsey sale 37 (April 2010), lot 2607
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 Cunard Contract Mail, Pre US-UK Treaty 1840-1845; Forwarding Agent
Harnden, 1840 (Oct 15): Entire letter from New York to Paris,
endorsed "p Steamer", carried on the Maiden return Voyage of the
"Caledonia" from
Boston 16 October to Liverpool 30 October, struck
on front by oval "FORWARDED FROM / HARNDEN'S / PACKAGE EXPRESS &
FOREIGN / LETTER OFFICE" Forwarding Agent handstamp in red,
"NEW-YORK OCT 16" handstamp of the USPOD, struck on this
top cover
of a bulk mail bundle, Liverpool "AMERICA / L" double circle
backstamp in black, framed "Packet Letter" struck at the foreign
office at London, French "ANGL 2 NOV 40 / CALAIS" entry cds, all in
red, and indistinct LYON
arrival backstamp in black. US postage
paid by Harnden at a bulk rate of 33% of total weight, manuscript
'1/-' British debit to France, and '26' décimes due from recipient.
Note: William Harnden acted from 1 July 1839 until 30 June
1841 as
a contract mail carrier and thereby substituted the United States
Post Office Department. Provenance: Collection Hugh Feldman;
Schuyler Rumsey sale 37 (April 2010), lot 2609
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 Cunard Contract Mail, Pre US-UK Treaty 1840-1845; Triple Forwarder
Cover, 1841 (Jan 16): Folded letter from New Orleans to London,
redirected to Bordeaux, endorsed "Steamer from Boston", carried on
the "Acadia"
from Boston 1 February to Liverpool 15 February, blue
"NEW ORLEANS LA" despatch cds with manuscript "per mail / Mrss
Goodhue & Co/New York" and directed to London, London address and
forwarder crossed out, manuscript "care of
Messrs. Huth & Co"
redirected to Bordeaux, several rates and two red transits, on
reverse red oval ´FORWARDED By / GOODHUE & Co / NEW-YORK" oval and
red "FORW BY / T.W. WARD / BOSTON´ oval, with black "AMERICA / L"
transit
of Liverpool, red London transits, and Bordeaux receiver
(Feb 20). Manuscript '75' cents US inland fee, '1/-' British debit
to France, and '31' décimes due from recipient. Note: According to
Rowe covers with triple forwarder handling
are 75 times scarcer
than single examples. Provenance: Kelleher Auctions sale 626
(October 2011), lot 763, erroneously identified as a quadruple
forwarder cover
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 Cunard Contract Mail, Pre US-UK Treaty 1840-1845; British Boston
Consul acting as Forwarder, 1843 (Jan 24): Entire letter from New
York to London, endorsed "per Boston steamer of 1 Feby.", carried
on the
"Caledonia" from Boston 2 February to Liverpool 18 February,
red straight-line BOSTON of the British Consular office, red London
arrival backstamp (Feb 18), manuscript '1/-' and '2/-' shilling
British due markings. Lightly toned file
folds, nevertheless a most
interesting entire, this British BOSTON marking was applied by T.
W. Moore, the British Consul and Packet Agent, to letters carried
on Cunard sailings from Boston. Rarity: About 15 covers known with
provenances from the United States, all sent between Nov. 1842 and
July 1844 according to the Richard Frajola website. Provenance:
Robert Siegel sale 1002 (December 2010), lot 3543
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 Cunard Contract Mail, Pre US-UK Treaty 1840-1845; Interrupted mail,
"Columbia" run aground 1843 (July 3): Selection two covers related
to the journey of the only Cunard vessel lost during the Contract
with the Admiralty, incl. entire letter from New York 30 June and
directed to London, endorsed "pr Columbia", rescued and making its
final journey with the stand-by ship "Margaret" to Liverpool, with
London arrival backstamp (July
24); also entire letter from Boston
11 July 1843 to London on the "Great Western", reporting the loss
of the "Columbia": "You will probably heard of the loss of the
"Columbia" on the Nova Scotia Coast on 3 instant - all hands (170
souls) with the mails saved miraculously - We presume they will
have reached L'pool before our present which we sent by the "Great
Western", with London arrival backstamp (July 27). Note: "Columbia"
ran aground in fog on 2 July at
Black Ledge near Seal Island, Nova
Scotia. Cunard´s reserve steamer, the "Margaret", set out at once
from Halifax for the scene of the wreck, with Samuel Cunard aboard.
They succeeded in salvaging not only the passengers and mails,
which continued to England aboard the Margaret, arriving 23 July,
but also the cargo and movable parts of the ship. This was the
final voyage of the "Columbia" and the only transatlantic voyage of
the "Margaret". Very few covers are
known carried by this reserve
Steamer
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 Cunard Contract Mail, Pre US-UK Treaty 1845-1847; Liverpool sorting
& marking 1847 (March 24): Double rate entire letter from New York
to Dublin, Ireland, endorsed "Per Royal Mail Steamer Hibernia",
sailed
from Boston 1 April to Liverpool 15 April, "NEW-YORK"
despatch cds in red and PAID handstamp in the same ink, "AMERICA /
LIVERPOOL" transit (April 15) and London arrival (April 16)
backstamps. Manuscript '10' (cents) in blue ink for
the double US
inland rate, handstruck "2/-" in black applied from Liverpool.
Note: Two types of handstamps for the double packet rate of 2/-
shilling are known, only on a few usages from BNA and the United
States
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 Cunard Contract Mail, Pre US-UK Treaty 1845-1847; Interrupted and
delayed mail 1845/47: Selection five covers; incl. 1845 cover from
New York to Nantes, sailed on the Cunard "Hibernia", which ran
aground at Cape Race, Newfoundland, proceeded to St. John for
repair and then sailed for Liverpool, arriving only four days late;
1846 cover from Marseille to Boston on the "Cambria", beached at
Truro, Cape Cod, the mail continuing
its journey overland; two
February 1846 covers from New York to London and Hamburg,
respectively, missing the Cunard "Cambria" in Boston on 1 March
1846 and sent with the Clipper "Joshua Bates" arriving with a delay
of 14 days;
also cover from St. John, New Brunswick addressed to
the Admirality Office in Portsmouth to a crew member on board HMS
"Avenger", the letter marked "Ship Lost". A most interesting group.
Note: The "Avenger", a new British steam-frigate
was wrecked on the
North African coast on 20 December 1847, resulting in the loss of
246 lives. Thus the letter could not be delivered
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 Cunard Contract Mail, Pre US-UK Treaty 1847-1848; Cunard's Call to
New York, Preparatory voyage of the "Britannia" 1847 (Sept 30):
Entire letter from New York to Cognac, France, endorsed "Steamer
Britannia for
Liverpool", sent from Boston 1 October to Liverpool
16 October, London transit (Oct 16), British treaty handstamp
"COLONIES / & c. ART. 13", French BOULOGNE entry cds and COGNAC
arrival backstamp (Oct 20), manuscript '19' (décimes)
French due.
Note: Cunard had renewed the contract with the Admirality on 1 July
1846. This included mail services not only to Boston but further to
New York. Cunard negotiated with the Jersey City administration for
lease of docks
and made a 'preparatory' voyage of the "Britannia" ,
extending the voyage from Liverpool 4 Sept to Boston 19 Sept
further to Jersey City, returning to Boston to reach the regular
departure on 1 October back to Liverpool 16 October
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 Cunard Contract Mail, Pre US-UK Treaty 1847-1848; Cunard's Call to
New York, inaugural voyages of the "Hibernia" and the "Cambria"
1847 (Dec): Selection two inaugural covers; incl. 24 December 1847
cover on the inaugural voyage of the "Hibernia" from New York 2
January 1848 to Liverpool 16 January, sent further to Cognac; also
18 December 1847 cover from Coupar Angus, Scotland intended for
same-day departing "Caledonia",
postponed to 1 January 1848 first
westbound contract sailing of the "Cambria", New York arrival 18
January, further to Philadelphia 19 January, ex collection Hugh
Feldman (Schuyler Rumsey sale 37 (April 2010), lot 2631. Matching
French '14' décimes due and US '7' (cents) due datestamp of the
exchange office on these two covers. The group includes an 1855
letter of Edward Cunard, son of Samuel Cunard and manager of the
New York office to S. Gregory, first
mayor of Jersey City
discussing dredging of the Cunard docks; also an original unsigned
copy of Agreement for the renewal of lease for the years 1861-1868
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 Cunard Contract Mail, Pre US-UK Treaty 1847-1848; The Postal War,
Discriminatory rate 1848 (datelined July 3): Entire letter from New
York to Annan, Scotland, carried on Cunard "Britannia" from New
York 5 July
to Liverpool 19 July, prepaid with '24' cents, noted in
pencil, blue PAID handstamp. Handstruck '1/-' British packet rate
due fee from the receiver considered discriminatory for this
already paid item, indistinct framed ANNAN arrival
datestamp on
obverse. Entire with some patina, nevertheless a most interesting
presentation of the discriminatory rate
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 Cunard Contract Mail, Pre US-UK Treaty 1847-1848; The Postal War,
Retaliatory rate 1848 (Sept.-Dec.): Selection three covers; incl.
Dec. 1848 triple rate cover (32 gr) from New York to Schiedam,
sailed on the "Canada" on its maiden return voyage, retaliatory
rate of '72' cents noted in pencil, '6/8d.' British due from
Holland and '450' Dutch cents due to be collected; also Sept 1848
cover from New York to Livorno sailing
with the Cunard "Europa",
avoiding the retiliatory rate by forwarding the cover to Liverpool
and then again from London to Italy; and Oct. 1848 cover New York
to Copenhagen sailing with the Cunarder "America", avoiding the
retiliatory rate by forwarding the cover to Liverpool and sending
it via Bremen to Denmark. A most interesting group
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 Cunard Contract Mail, Pre US-UK Treaty 1847-1848; The Postal War,
Restored rate, first eastbound sailing 1848 (Dec 27): Entire letter
from Assumption, Louisiana to London, sent with the Cunard "Europa"
from New
York 10 Jan. 1849 to Liverpool 22 January, prepaid with
manuscript '24'cents in manuscript with "ASSUMPTION / La" despatch
cds and PAID handstamp, both in red, London arrival backstamp (Jan
23). '1/-' Packet rate in manuscript. Note 1:
First voyage from the
US to UK under Restored Rates. Note 2: Interesting addressee, sent
to Lady Cecily Jane Georgiana Fane (1801 – 1874), an English
heiress from the Fane family. She was the daughter of John Fane,
10th Earl of
Westmorland and his second wife the former Jane
Huck-Saunders. Lady Georgiana is known for her apparent stalking of
the Duke of Wellington
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 Cunard Contract Mail, US-UK Postal Treaty 1849-1867; Ireland,
1857/59: Ensemble of five covers to and via Ireland; incl. two 1857
covers to Ireland which were put directly on board into the packet
to Dublin, sorted and cancelled there, with cover to New Ross,
Wexford County showing the Contract Packet Mail Canceller "AMERICA
PAID DUBLIN"; and cover from Colerain, Canada to Ballymote, Sligo
County with a comparable "AMERICAN
MAIL" canceller; also three
covers sent on the first westbound and eastbound calls at
Queenstown which was established for the Cunarder vessels in
November 1859, sailed with the vessels "America", "Canada", and
"Persia". A fine
Irish group
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 Cunard Contract Mail, US-UK Postal Treaty 1849-1867; 1857/60: Group
two letters presenting the 1849 Treaty rates in both directions;
incl. 1857 cover from Savannah, Georgia to Swansea, South Wales,
fully prepaid to destination with '24' cents in circle and pencil
manuscript, '19' cents credit to the United Kingdom struck in red;
also 1860 cover from London to New Orleans, prepaid with '1/-'
noted in manuscript, the single
British treaty rate, confirmed by
the Boston exchange office striking a dated "BOSTON 24 PAID Br PKt"
handstamp, '5 CENTS' credit to US struck in red. An attractive and
instructive duo. Note: The Postal Treaty between the United
States
and the United Kingdom, in effect from 15 February 1849,
established the following rates: US inland 5 c., Transatlantic 16
c. & British inland 3 c., in total 24 c., equal to 1/- shilling
Sterling
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 Cunard Contract Mail, Mail from California, via Nicaragua, 1853
(Dec 15): Entire letter from San Francisco to Cognac, France,
internally routed "Via di Nicaragua", on obverse endorsed "pr
Steamer Africa",
carried at the "Cortes" of the Vanderbilt Line, a
shipping line from California to New York including land transit
through Nicaragua, leaving San Francisco 16 December, arrival San
Juan del Sur, Nicaragua 29 December, overland to San
Juan del Norte
31 December, further with the "Stars of the West" from San Juan del
Norte to New York 9 January 1854, where it entered the US mail
system. Cunard "Africa" New York 11 January to Liverpool 23
January. "NEW-YORK Br.
PKt" despatch cds, London transit (Jan 24),
PARIS transit and COGNAC arrival (Jan 26) backstamps. '5' cents
prepaid and noted in pencil for local delivery, '26' décimes due in
Cognac. Note: In 1851, at the height of the California gold
rush,
the Railroad and Shipping tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877)
launched his trans-isthmus route through Nicaragua, called
Accessory Transit Company. Covers sent on this route lack San
Francisco post office postmarks and
may often be identified by New
York entry postmarks. Reference: Walske & Frajola; Mail of Western
Expansion, page 295
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 Cunard Contract Mail, Mail from and to California, 1850/67: Group
six covers from (2) and to (4) California; incl. three 1850/54
covers sent via Panama, carried on the Atlantic with Cunard
vessels,
further between New York and Panama with vessels of the US
Mail Steam Ship Co., and then finally to California with those of
the Pacific Mail Steamship Co.; also 1858 cover from Matour, France
to San Francisco bearing Napoléon
imperforated 80 c. carmine; 1862
cover from Leith distillery, Scotland to San Francisco, and rare
triple rate cover from Liverpool to San Francisco
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 Cunard Contract Mail, Mail to/from destinations outside the trading
area, Mail to / from Denmark, 1858/63: Selection two covers, one
incoming, one outgoing; incl. 1858 cover from New York to
Copenhagen, carried by Cunard "Persia" from New York 6 January to
Liverpool 16 January, further via Prussia; also toned 1863 cover
from Nybøl via HADERSLEV, AACHEN, and NEW YORK to Charcoal Flat
nearby Downieville, Sierra County,
California, carried by Cunard
"China", American Civil War currency depreciation with handstruck
'35' cents in coins or "US NOTES 47" in paper money, unusual
provenance for this Goldrush area
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 Cunard Contract Mail, Mail to/from destinations outside the trading
area, Mail to Sweden, 1855/66: Selection two covers, both incoming;
incl. 1855 cover from New York to Gothenburg / Göteborg, carried
by
Cunard "Canada" from Boston 24 October to Liverpool 4 November,
further as Prussian Closed Mail; also 1866 cover from "WASHINGTON
D.C. / JAN 8" to the village Balkåkra nearby Ystad, sent with
Cunard "Australasian" from New York
10 January to Liverpool 20
January, sent via Prussia with '153' öre postage due in blue crayon
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 Cunard Contract Mail, Mail to/from destinations outside the trading
area, Mail to Russia, 1856 (May 7): Envelope from Boston to a
"Passenger on board bark Leland" in Archangel / Arkhangelsk nearby
the White Sea,
Russia, obverse with "BOSTON / Br. Pkt / PAID" cds
struck twice as well as framed "AACHEN / FRANCO / 22 5", carried by
Cunard "Arabia" from Boston 7 May to Liverpool 18 May, then via
Stettin in Prussia, with ship to Kronstadt / St.
Petersburg, and
stagecoach to Archangel, prepaid '37' cents in pencil, '14' cents
in red crayon credit to Prussia, Prussian weiterfranko of 'f3'
silbergroschen to Russia
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