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1863, Victoria 2p. blue horizontal strip of six tied by barred numeral "12" to folded letter to New York with red "PAID" on adhesives and adjacent "5 CENTS", fine

1863, Revenue stamp 1p. on blueish paper on folded letter dated "Wigton 10mo 9" to Philadelphia, treated as unpaid in Liverpool and "19 CENTS" debit cancel applied, carried by the "Asia" to New York, in Philadelphia integral cds. "PHILADELPHIA Br. PKt. 24" struck and tying the adhesive, fine and interesting entire

1867(27 Aug), Washington 24c. tied by cork cancel to envelope via  "BOSTON AUG 27 PAID 19", carried by the "Java", to London where it was delivered and re-directed to Islington, paid with Victoria 1d. red tied by duplex "LONDON SP 7 67", attractive entire

1867, Washington 10c. vertical pair with straight edge at right tied by target cancel on buff cover from "BOWENSBURG JUN 18" to Dublin, boxed "Short Paid" alongside, put on board of the "Cuba" from Boston to Queenstown, charged with "1/-" due handstamp, fine and attractive entire

1869 (29 Nov), Pictorials 2c. brown and 10c. orange tied by target cancel to orange-buff cover from "NEW BOSTON NOV 69" to Suffolk, possibly carried by the "City of Brussels" or the "Scotia" to Queenstown, it was then sent to Packenham, then Debenham then Stonham with an "arrival" mark of "BURY-ST-EDMUNDS DE 19 69", adhesives small imperfections, but an interesting and attractive cover

1869 (25 May), Victoria 9p. straw together with 1858 Victoria 1d. red tied by numeral "26" to folded lettersheet endorsed "p Palmyra" to New York with receiver mark, a fine entire with 4d. late fee

1869 (16 Jun), Pictorial 12c. green, good color tied by neat strike of fancy cancel Outline 5-Poin Star with adjacent cds. "NEW HAMBURGH JUN 16" to mourning cover with red cds. "NEW YORK PAID ALL JUN 17", carried by the "Palmyra", to Brighton, a very fine and attractive cover showing the "Adriatic" with a fancy cancellation, certificate PF (1997)

1869 (24 Dec), Pictorials 3c. blue horizontal strip of four with pen strokes on cover with manuscript despatch "Tebeauville Dec 24" to Colne, via New York and carried by the "Russia" to Queentown, possible the cover stayed on board until she arrived in Liverpool, because the receiver cds. shows "COLNE JA 8 70", adhesive some minor imperfections, very attractive

1870 (13 Jun), Pictorials 2c. brown horizontal pair, deep color, tied by quartered cork and cds. "BROOKLINE JUL 13" to small cover via Calais to Paris, "GB/40c" accountancy and "5" decimes due handstamp struck alongside, part of backflap missing, otherwise fine and attractive

1875, Lincoln 6c. red with blue grid and matching cds. "MADISON FEB 9" on cover, prepaying the 6 cent under ½ ounce rate, to Dublin, Ireland. Determined to be over ½ ounce subsequently two line "INSUFFICIENTLY PAID" and "6d." applied, that being twice the deficieny, very fine and attractivr

1848, buff cover from "Alden NY Aug 20" with adjacent manuscript "Paid 10" rating for postage to Boston, carried by Enoch Train's Line of Sailing Ships "Anglo American" from Boston to Liverpool with black "8" pence due handstamp, a scarce and attractive example of retaliatory fee avoidance, some minor wear

1868, Washington 3c. rose, horizontal strip of four with cork cancel on Postal stationery envelope 3c. rose endorsed "Europe by french steamer" from "MADISON AUG 17" to Matignon, France, in New York handles as overweight, and thus black straight-line "INSUFFICIENTLY PAID" next "NEW YORK 6 AUG 8" applied, carried with the "St. Laurent" to Brest, charged "16" decimes, some minor toning, otherwise fine and attractive

1864 (25 Aug.), Victoria 6d. gray-black and 2d. violet tied by illegible grid cancel, reverse shows cds. "SANDHURST 26 AU", to envelope to Maine,  via Southampton and London with transit mark "LONDON OC 20" and red "16 cents" credit handstamp, from Londonderry with the "Hibernian" to Quebec, when the cover was bagged to Portland, with corresponding "PORTLAND M AM PKt 5 NOV 18 1864" alongside, by rail. Adhesives some imperfections, lihgt toned spots, otherwise fine and attractive

1875, Lincoln 3c. green, two singles tied by New York fancy to envelope, prepaying the 6 cent under ½ ounce rate, to London. Determined to be over ½ ounce subsequently two line "INSUFFICIENTLY PAID" and "6." applied, that being twice the deficieny,

1868, Washington 10 c. tied by cork cancel to envelope from "PITTSBURG PA. MAR.23" via "NEW YORK 9 MAR 24", carried by the "Germania" to Southampton, with straight line "INSUFFICIENTLY PAID" by French Convention Mail via Great Britain with handstamp "F.30" to Switzerland with arrival mark, part payment not accepted and treated as unpaid, reverse with long cuts, otherwise fine

1854 (Oct 24), Embossed 1sh. green and 1850 Victoria 1p. red tied by numeral "47" to folded lettersheet endorsed "by the St. Louis via Southampton", paying the ½ounce rate and 1p. late fee, to New York with adjacent red handstamp "21 CENTS" and "PAID", 1sh. unobstrusive vertical folding crease, otherwise fine

1855 (6 April), folded letter dated "Off Culpee 6th April", sent via Calcutta with large boxed "INDIA" and put on the steamer "BENTINCK" who travelled via Galle and Aden to Suez. From there overland to Alexandria where the "Indus" departed to Southampton, charged with "1/-" , later with the "St. Louis" to New York where the cover was charged with "45" with black handstamp and later red crayon, an interesting and fine cover with complete transcript of content

1858, Franklin 1c. blue, Washington 3c. rose and vertical pair 10c. green tied by cds. "SYRACRUSE DEC 10 1858" to envelope with red handstamp "3" struck in New York to Cardiff, carried by the "Arago" to Southampton, 1c. with tear, some toning, otherwise fine and attractive

1858, Washington 10c. black, block of four and horizontal pair tied by cds. "Oconomowoc Wis. Dec 6" to large-size cover to Worcester, with "NEW YORK AM. PACKET DEC 11" cds. and matching framed "Short Paid" with blue crayon "96" due rating, carried by "Arago" from New York to Southampton with "4/-" quadruple packet rating, one stamp in block creased, left stamp of pair faulty, otherwise fine and an extremely rare use of 1857 Issue 12c. as block of four, Ashbrook certificate (1954)

The 72c paid in adhesives was the attempt to prepay triple the 24c rate, but the U.S.-British treaty required four-times for letters weighing over 1½ ounces. It is therefore rated "short paid" and due 96c without any credit for prepayment. 

1861, Jefferson 5c. brown and Washington 10c. green tied by cds. "SAN FRANCISCO JUL 12" to folded lettersheet to Bordeaux, in New York handles as overweight, and thus red boxed "SHORT PAID" next to "NEW YORK 18 AUG 3" applied, carried with the "Glasgow" to Queenstown, and from Calais to Bordeaux where the cover was charged "16" decimes, some eraser erosion in address panel, otherwise fine