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LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
161 cover   image1834 (August 27), mourning entire from Cheltenham to Rio de
Janeiro, addressed to H.M.S. North Star, black-edged letter to John
Townsend Esq. aboard the 28-gun frigate H.M.S. North Star, with
bold red manuscript P 3/5prepayment for the full packet rate to
Brazil, comprising 2s 7d Falmouth packet postage plus 10d inland
postage from Cheltenham, endorsed “Per Septr Packet 1834” at lower
left and “Postage Paid” at top, likely carried aboard the packet
Pigeon, which sailed Falmouth on 10 Sep, the reverse with
Cheltenham c.d.s. (27 Aug) and black wax seal, some aging, else
fine. H.M.S. North Star was serving on the South American Station
during the mid-1830s. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)

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162 cover   image1835 (January 31), optical-instrument trade folded letter from John
Pemberton Cutts, Optician to King William IV, sent from Sheffield
to J. McAllister & Co., Philadelphia, forwarded through Rathbone
Bros. & Co. of Liverpool, cross-written on the address panel and
endorsed “p. North America via N York,” with New York Ship (19 Mar)
entry datestamp, red “PAID,” manuscript rate and red boxed
instructional handstamp apparently reading “Too Late for Delivery,”
the Rathbone Bros. forwarding direction crossed out at lower left,
Sheffield (31 Jan) despatch datestamp on reverse, toning at the
upper edges, and interior stain, otherwise sound and readable,
enclosing a complete multi-page invoice and commercial letter,
signed J.P. Cutts. John Pemberton Cutts, Optician to King William
IV, supplied J. McAllister & Co., one of America’s earliest optical
and scientific-instrument firms, with merchandise valued at more
than £145, including telescopes, microscopes, spectacles,
blue-glass goggles, magnifiers and lenses of various diameters and
focal lengths. The accompanying correspondence explains that the
shipment missed its intended packet because Rathbone Bros. & Co.
did not receive the case in time. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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163 cover   image1835 (September 3), redirected transatlantic folded letter from
Kendal to Philadelphia, with extensive Quaker contents on the
Beaconite Controversy and interest in North American Indigenous
peoples, addressed care of William & James Brown & Co. in
Liverpool, the Liverpool destination and earlier manuscript
instructions subsequently crossed through and the letter redirected
to Alfred Cope in Philadelphia, the reverse with blue KENDAL / SE 4
/ 1835 c.d.s., endorsed “p Monongahela”, the front struck with red
octagonal 6 cents Philadelphia ship-letter marking, fresh and
fine-very fine. The letter provies an account of the "Beaconite
Controversy," the major evangelical schism that divided British
Quakerism in the 1830s. The writer discusses the “causes of
disunity” in Lancashire, the influence of Isaac Crewdson’s The
Beacon, and the involvement of prominent Friends including J. J.
Gurney; the sender also thanks the recipient for sending an
“Aboriginal Portfolio,” described as “the very thing we most
wanted” for understanding the peoples of the New World. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)

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164 cover   image1837 (February 10), entire from H.M.S. Snake at Sheerness to
Inveresk, Scotland, with anti-slavery interest and written by
future Admiral of the Fleet Alexander Milne, entire letter written
and signed by Commander Alexander Milne to his father, Vice-Admiral
Sir David Milne, struck with a clear two-line TRANENT / PENNY POST
handstamp, with manuscript 1/2 rate and additional 1 penny local
delivery charge, the reverse with red Sheerness (10 Feb)
double-ring c.d.s. and red London transit (11 Feb), a highly
desirable naval entire written while Milne was preparing H.M.S.
Snake for anti-slavery service in the West Indies. Alexander Milne,
later Admiral of the Fleet, was one of the most important Royal
Navy officers of the nineteenth century. In this letter to his
father, Vice-Admiral Sir David Milne, he describes preparations to
outfit the 16-gun brig-sloop H.M.S. Snake for anti-slavery duties
in the West Indies, including the effects of a “very hard gale of
wind” and assistance from men of H.M.S. Hercules in making sails.
Milne also discusses difficulties in manning the vessel, noting
that he had “booked 20 of her first men” while expressing
frustration at the Admiralty’s refusal to allow him his preferred
Master. The letter further references an “influenza” outbreak at
the Admiralty and Milne’s refusal to allow a junior officer to mess
in his cabin, which he considered “totally inconsistent with his
situation and rank.” (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)

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165 cover   image1837 (February 25), transatlantic folded letter concerning Hartford
Natural History Society membership, from Southampton to Paris and
redirected to Hartford, Connecticut, bearing Southampton (28 Feb),
London and red tombstone "PAID" (1 Mar), Paris (3 Mar), oval
"P.–F." and faint "STEAMBOAT" markings, originally addressed to
Madame Jarvis in Paris and redirected to the Rev. Dr S. F. Jarvis
care of Belknap & Hamersley, usual filing folds, a busy cover.
Writing to the wife of Reverend Doctor Samuel Farmar Jarvis, the
leading American Episcopal scholar, historiographer, and
influential cultural collector, Madame Jarvis in Paris, the author
H. Spence requests that a personal message of gratitude be conveyed
to her husband: "When you write to Dr. Jarvis you will have the
goodness to request him to express in my name to the Hartford
Natural History Society how highly I feel honoured by the
distinction they have been pleased to confer as well as electing me
one of their members." The author expresses a desire to assist the
young institution, writing, "I shall be if I can in any way forward
the important objects for which the Society has been instituted...
my sons will be very glad to correspond with any of the Hartford
Entomologists & exchange European insects with them for American
ones." He further chronicles a winter residence on the coast after
returning from the continent, noting, "We landed here on our return
from France by way of Jersey & Guernsey, & Southampton being a
famous place... on account of its climate (which is so mild that
myrtles grow in the gardens all the year without any shelter) we
have remained here all the winter." (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)

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166 cover   image1837 (April 28), transatlantic United States consular certification
from Manchester to Philadelphia during the Panic of 1837, endorsed
"p Montezuma" and struck with blue octagonal "6," comprising
William Grant & Brothers’ textile invoice, sworn valuation before
Edward Chippendall Milne and authentication signed by Francis B.
Ogden, United States Consul at Liverpool, with red "CUSTOM-HOUSE,
PHILADELPHIA" marking, water staining and small tears reinforced
with archival tape, very good and unusual. The enclosed invoice
records a substantial shipment of fabrics, including "50 cases new
dark ground Chintz Cambrics" valued at more than £466 sterling,
while the accompanying affidavit certifies the fair market value of
the goods before a Chancery official. To satisfy American import
requirements, the documents were subsequently authenticated before
Francis B. Ogden, United States Consul at Liverpool. The package
then crossed the Atlantic aboard the Montezuma, ultimately entering
through Philadelphia where customs officials recorded its
presentation using the distinctive CUSTOM-HOUSE handstamp. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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167 cover   image1838 (May 23), transatlantic folded letter from Glasgow to Auburn,
New York, with extensive journal describing Scott-associated
Highland travel and Rob Roy sites, bearing red New York Ship (5
Jul) datestamp, manuscript “Single” and “N/12½” rate notations and
partly legible framed red “PAID” handstamp, addressed to Capt.
Jared Gardner and endorsed “p Packet of 1 June, Via Liverpool,” the
reverse with boxed Glasgow (23 May) and Liverpool (28 May)
datestamps, edge wear, uniform toning and minor cross-fold
separations reinforced with archival tape, but clear contents.
Eliza A. Coffin’s letter to her father and sister records an
extensive Scottish tour reflecting the popularity of Sir Walter
Scott’s Rob Roy and The Lady of the Lake among early
nineteenth-century travellers. Following her Atlantic passage
aboard the Balize from the mouth of the Mississippi to the Clyde,
Coffin visited Dumbarton Castle, where she was shown a sword
attributed to William Wallace, before travelling through the Vale
of Leven to Luss, Loch Lomond and a cave associated with Rob Roy:
“the guide assured us [it] was the identical bed of the Outlaw when
he was concealed here one year & a half.” She describes Ben Lomond
as “towering four thousand feet above the water” and continues
through the Trossachs by carriage, rowboat and on foot. On Loch
Katrine, “the echo was magnificent when our boatmen called Rob Roy
and Rhodrick Dhu,” yet the demanding journey tempered her romantic
expectations: “We accomplished the Highland Pass in about three
hours…Jacob thought with myself that we were paying dear for
Highland scenery.” (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)

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Currently...C$40.00
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168 cover   image1840 (February 13), early Uniform Penny Post naval entire from
H.M.S. Inconstant at Plymouth to Portsmouth, with contents on
redeployment and harbour duty, written five weeks after the
introduction of Uniform Penny Post, posted at Devonport with pale
red Devonport (13 Feb) c.d.s. and manuscript 1 rate, the reverse
with partial red wax seal and showing Portsmouth arrival the
following day, fine-very fine. Written by Lieutenant Balfour aboard
the 36-gun frigate H.M.S. Inconstant, the letter relays a request
that the sender's correspondence be redirected to Plymouth, after
hopes of sailing to Portsmouth had fallen through. Balfour notes
that the ship was “now in harbor here” with “no chance of it”
moving, and that they were “not going to be paid off” but instead
were “to be started off again on the same plan as the Pique.” (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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169 cover   image1840 (May 1), first day of sale of the Penny Black and Two Pence
Blue, stampless folded letter from Arrochar, Scotland, to Glasgow,
prepaid 1d in cash, struck with bold magenta straight-line ARROCHAR
despatch handstamp and matching manuscript 1 with Pd notation,
denoting cash prepayment, the reverse with boxed GLASGOW / MY 2
1840 / 7 30 AM receiver, an appealing entire posted on one of the
landmark dates in British postal history. Written by Christina
Strath from Linn Cottage, Arrochar, the letter was posted on May 1,
1840, the day the Penny Black and Two Pence Blue first went on
sale, although the new adhesives did not become valid for postal
use until May 6. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)

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Currently...C$100.00
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170 cover   image1840 (September 30), transatlantic folded market circular from
Liverpool to Brandywine Mills, Delaware, carried by the President,
with contemporary fears of war with France, one-page stampless
folded document from Joseph Shipley to Samuel Shipley, endorsed
manuscript “p President” at lower left, struck with red boxed
LIVERPOOL / SHIP LETTER handstamp and two red NEW-YORK / SHIP / OCT
/ 18 arrival c.d.s., with manuscript 1/2 at upper left and large
manuscript 52 marking at upper right; toned and largely separated
along the original folds, subsequently stabilized with archival
tape, the printed and manuscript contents legible, the fears of war
being of particular historical interest. The enclosure combines a
printed Liverpool cotton-market report with a manuscript postscript
by Joseph Shipley, where he adds that “fears of a rupture with
France” over the “Egyptian question” were placing a serious check
on business. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Currently...C$30.00
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171 cover   image1840 (November 9), stampless silk-trade letter from London to
Milan, Lombardy-Venetia, struck with red PAID / 9 NOV / 1840 London
despatch c.d.s. and crisp red boxed A.T.F. accountancy handstamp,
entering France with red circular ANGL. / 13 NOV. 40 / CALAIS
exchange-office datestamp, the front bearing large manuscript 28
decimi due notation, the reverse with Milan receiver (19 Nov),
light filing folds, very fine strikes. The enclosed correspondence,
written on the printed price current of Leonino Fratelli, regards
the international silk trade, listing prices for regional varieties
from Piedmont, Lombardy and Roveredo alongside imported silks
including Bengali and Chinese Tsatlee. The writer, Girolamo Mapelli
notes the “scarcity of cash” and refers to news of the British
fleet in China, the First Opium War being ongoing, whose operations
were expected to influence the availability and price of Chinese
silk. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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172 cover   image1840 (December 13), Cunard Columbia maiden-voyage stampless folded
letter from Holly Bank, Woore, Shropshire, to Marietta, Ohio, via
Boston, with partial WOORE despatch and two red MARKET DRAYTON
transits, endorsed “Paid by packet” and prepaid 1s packet rate in
manuscript, with BOSTON / SHIP / 21 JAN [1841] arrival c.d.s. and
“27” cents due for 25c inland postage plus 2c ship fee, carried on
the maiden voyage of the Cunard *Columbia*, departing Liverpool 5
Jan 1841, some staining with archival reinforcement along folds,
otherwise sound; ex Hegland. The enclosed correspondence from Aunt
H. Yonge to her nephew T.H. Sands discusses family finances between
Shropshire and the American frontier, including remittances of £50
and £10 through “Uncle Broadhurst” and “Uncle Charles” to assist in
a business venture. She cautions him against becoming involved in
anything “degrading to the rank and station of a gentleman,” and
mentions a possible family journey to Philadelphia. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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173 cover   image1843 (May 25), naval officer’s letter from H.M.S. Ardent at Rio de
Janeiro to Maldon, Essex, with contents on the Uruguayan Civil War,
entire letter from Henry Baker to his mother, sent while Ardent was
serving on the South American station and associated with
anti-slavery patrol work, rated 2/8 in manuscript for the double
packet rate at 1s 4d per ½oz, the reverse with red London arrival
datestamp (23 Jul), fine-very fine. The contents provide a
first-hand account of British naval activity during the Uruguayan
Civil War and wider River Plate crisis. Baker describes a journey
of roughly 100 miles upriver to Buenos Aires, where he dined with
the “celebrated Governor Rosas,” finding him personally courteous
despite Rosas referring to the British as “savage Unitarians.” He
also records the brutality of the fighting, reporting that “Oriba’s
people” under Manuel Oribe were cutting the throats of prisoners
and that a “Col. Franks” had assisted in the slaughter. He also
discusses technical challenges with his vessel, noting that the
ship was “coaling up,” that the “boilers are beginning to
complain,” and that the engineer reported they “weep a little,”
indicating leakage. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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174 cover   image1843 (September 30), Church of Scotland “Disruption of 1843”
stampless folded letter from Gilkhorn, Scotland, to Michigan, via
Boston, struck with an exceptionally fine example of the scarce
black straight-line NEW DEER handstamp, with red framed ABERDEEN /
PAID / 1 OC 1 / 1843 and Edinburgh PAID transit markings, red
BOSTON / SHIP / OCT / 19 arrival c.d.s., rated “27” cents due,
“1/2” in manuscript, some aging and slight soiling with a few folds
reinforced by archival tape, otherwise sound. The enclosed letter
from James Milne to Alexander Hendry documents the “Disruption of
1843,” when more than 450 ministers left the established Church of
Scotland in opposition to state patronage and interference in
congregational appointments. Milne describes the “great commotion,”
the secession of Aberdeen ministers to the Free Church, and
construction of a new wooden church at New Deer, while also
reporting depressed local conditions during the “Hungry Forties.”
He further comments on failed American investments, warning that
“Michigan is fatal back” and that bank shares once worth £1 were
unsaleable at 5 shillings. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)

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175 cover   image1845 (January 28), 1d red entire from Jersey to the Earl of
Haddington at the Admiralty, with extensive contents seeking naval
patronage after fifty-four years of service, folded letter franked
with imperforate 1d red, tied by clear Jersey 409 barred oval, the
reverse with red Jersey (28 Jan) double-ring despatch and red
London transit, filing folds, fine-very fine. Written from St.
Helier by Captain Edmund Waller, R.N., the letter is an appeal for
patronage to the Earl of Haddington, then First Lord of the
Admiralty, seeking either a command, a service pension or an
appointment at Greenwich Hospital. Waller summarizes what he
describes as “Fifty four Years in the Service of my Country, Twenty
six of which Continually afloat,” and refers to having been
“severely injured by Wounds received in the Service.” The reverse
bears extensive Admiralty filing notes from the Earl’s secretary,
stating that there were “no opportunities” and that Waller had
“seen hardly enough Service” to justify a Captain’s appointment at
Greenwich. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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176 cover   image1847 (November 1), Great Famine-era letter with sealed money
enclosure from Johnstone, Scotland, to Trenton, New Jersey, with
references to economic distress and Irish migration, prepaid 1/- in
manuscript and struck with three-line Paisley mileage mark, the
reverse with boxed Johnstone (1 Nov) datestamp and Liverpool (2
Nov) transit, entering the United States at Boston with red “BOSTON
SHIP” arrival (22 Nov) and “7” collect marking for the 2c ship fee
plus 5c inland postage, the integral money pocket secured by three
red wax seals, recipient Joseph Allan signing both the front and
inner flap in acknowledgement of receipt, expected commercial wear
with small folds and edge tears reinforced with archival tape on
reverse, otherwise fine. Written by a father in Johnstone to his
son, a bootmaker in New Jersey, the letter provides a vivid
contemporary account of the economic distress of the late 1840s,
noting that “the state of the country... is very bad at present,”
that local mills were working “short time,” and referring to an
influx of “Irish beggars eating up Scotland,” The sender enclosed
money for his son, remarking that “the inclosed... will be
seasonable,” explaining the unusual integral money-pocket. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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177 cover   image1848 (November 12), naval cover from H.M.S. Hibernia at Naples to
Portsmouth, with contents by Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker
concerning midshipman promotion during the Italian Revolutions,
clean cover to Southsea, sent from Parker’s flagship while
stationed in the Bay of Naples, with manuscript 2/- rate, the
reverse with fine red crowned PAID / 28 NO 28 / 1848 London transit
and blue Portsmouth receiver (29 Nov), fine-very fine. The enclosed
letter from Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker aboard his flagship
during the upheavals of the 1848 Italian Revolutions, provides a
first-hand view of inner workings of promotions in the Royal Navy,
with Parker assuring the recipient that there was “not the
slightest objection” to her son returning to England to sit his
“Mathematical Examination,” and stated his intention to place the
young officer on “Lord Auckland’s list for Promotion” once
qualified. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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178 cover   image1848 (July 3), Retaliatory Rate period private-ship folded letter
from Worcester, England, to Granville, New York, prepaid 8d at the
British outgoing ship-letter rate, indicated by manuscript “Pre
Paid” and “8,” struck with blue Worcester (3 Jul) c.d.s., the
reverse with blue Liverpool (9 Jul) double-arc and black step-type
Ship-Letter / Liverpool (11 Jul) handstamp, entering the United
States with red New-York / Aug / 25 / 7 c.d.s., the 7c due
comprising the 2c ship fee and 5c inland postage to Granville,
soiled and toned with a small portion missing from the lower edge
of the letter, but an elusive private-ship usage from this period. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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179 cover   image1849 (January 26), stampless folded letter from Liverpool to
Brandywine Mills, Delaware, franked with 1s green embossed Queen
Victoria and carried by Cunard Niagara via Boston, the 1s embossed
adhesive cut to shape and cut into at bottom, tied at upper right
by Liverpool 466 barred numeral cancellation, endorsed “p. Niagara
via Boston”, the reverse with Liverpool despatch c.d.s. (27 Jan)
and oval transit marking, entering the United States at Boston with
red BOSTON / MS. / SHIP / FEB 12 c.d.s. and matching red “12” rate
handstamp, some uniform toning, an elusive franking. The enclosed
correspondence from Joseph Shipley to his sister Hannah concerns
family affairs and the enlargement of the family residence
following the death of their brother Samuel. Shipley discusses
alternative building arrangements, the interior layout of an
adjoining house, the practicality of completing an addition before
the following autumn, and the problems posed by England’s damp
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180 cover   image1851 (July 22), unpaid transatlantic cover & letter from Liverpool
to Washington, Dutchess County, New York, carried on the Collins
Line Atlantic’s first return voyage following her broken shaft,
addressed to Hepsa H. Shearman, endorsed for steamer conveyance,
with Liverpool (22 Jul) despatch datestamp and New York Am. Pckt.
(3 Aug) exchange marking enclosing bold “24 CENTS” due handstamp,
Liverpool backstamp and intact red wax seal on reverse, the
Atlantic departing Liverpool on 23 Jul and arriving at New York on
3 Aug, with complete four-page letter datelined Liverpool, 22 Jul
1851, signed I.S. Shearman. The Atlantic had only recently returned
to service following her widely reported shaft failure earlier in
1851. Written from a Liverpool boarding house crowded with
departing passengers, the letter describes preparations for
transatlantic travel and repeated visits to the waterfront,
including dining aboard Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Great Western,
which the writer considered “much more crank” than expected and
reported had nearly fallen over at the quay for want of ballast
after discharging her cargo; further contents concern fairs, family
health, dental procedures, domestic improvements and anxiety over
delayed correspondence from America. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)

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