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1852, (23 April) folded letter from "COBURG 23 APR. 1852" endorsed "via Bremen per Steamer" via "St. P.A. BREMEN 27 4"with accountancy mark "7" applied and via New York with black integral cds. "NEW YORK 27 cts. APR 17" to Reading, some minor ageing, otherwise fine 

1852, (18 June) folded letter, paid to Bremen, from "NEW YORK JUN 19" with straight-line "PAID PART" alongside to Herford, upon arrival in Bremen red "AMERICA ÜBER BREMEN" applied and "3" Sgr. taxed in blue and black, some minor aging, otherwise fine

1852, (22. June) folded letter from "WESTBEND JUL 3" endorsed "Germania" via "NEW YORK JUL 7" to Dusslingen, upon arrival in Bremen red two-line "32/9 R AMERICA ÜBER BREMEN" applied, the recipient charged with "41" kr., fine

1852, (5. Aug), folded letter from "PHILADELPHIA AUG 5" with red provisional octagon rate stamp "PHILA 5 Cts PAID" alongside, via New York to Weltzheim, in Bremen erroneously red two line "18/6 AMERICA ÜBER BREMEN" struck, this corrected by two strikes of red two-line "32/9 AMERICA ÜBER BREMEN", recipient charged with "41" kr., fine

1853 (1 March), folded wrapper from "GLASGOW MAR 1 1853" charged with "4/8" and Victoria 1841 1d. red-brown tied by numeral "159", paying the late fee, to San Francisco, adhesives touched, otherwise fine and attractive

1853, (6 July) folded letter from "FRANKFURT 6 JUL 1853" endorsed "per Steamer via Bremen" via "St. P.A. BREMEN 10 7"with accountancy mark "7" applied and via New York with black integral cds. "NEW YORK 27 cts. AUG 4" to Boston, some minor ageing and wear, otherwise fine 

1853, (8. Oct) folded letter from New York with integral cds. "N. YORK U.S. PKt. 14 OCT 8" to Chemnitz, treated as 22¢ letter with 14¢ claim to Bremen, although Saxony had already joined the additional convention about the reduced postal union postage of 2 sgr. Upon arrival in Bremen red two-line "4½/2 Sgr. AMERICA ÜBER BREMEN" applied with red crayon "6 5/10" alongside, a fine and attractive entire

1854, entire letter from Boston via New York, the 'Prussian closed mail', Kopenhagen and Helsingborg to Lund in Sweden, endorsed "fco. Hull" (?), partly faint "NEW-YORK BR. PKT 23", marked "11Sgr." in red crayon and charged "1RBs" upon arrival.

1854, (Jun 17) folded lettersheet from "N.YORK U.S. PKT 9 JUN 17" endorsed "pr. Steamer Hermann" to Berlin, upon arrival red three-line "4½/2 Sgr. AMERICA ÜBER BREMEN" applied and manuscript charge "6½" added, slightly re-folded and some ageing, otherwise fine and scarce entire

1854, (12 Dec.) envelope from "LORCH 12 DEC 1854" endorsed "über Bremen" with blue double-circle "ST.P.A. BREMEN 16 12" to Philadelphia. Upon arrival, the letter was undeliverable and could not be delivered despite notice, with two-line "ADVS 1 Cts" set alongside, so after a little over a year the letter was returned the same way with interegral cds. "N. YORK U.S. Pkt. 22 FEB 13" struck alongside. Later opened for sender identification and closed with vignette "COMMISION FOR RETOUR LETTERS". The consignee was ultimately charged "33" x, opened out for display and same faults as to be expected, a very scarce and attractive entire

1855, (15 Jul) folded lettersheet from "ST.P.A. BREMEN 15 6" endorsed "p. Steamer Wahington" with adjacent red "10." and boxed "PAID." to Utica with "N. YORK U.S. Pkt. JUL PAID" on front, some ageing, otherwise fine

1855, (Oct 9) quadruple weight large format envelope paid with "72" (US c) from "LA FAYETTE OCT 9" endorsed "Per the Bremen Steamer", via "NEW YORK NOV 3" and Bremen with red "Paid to Bremen" and "AMERICA ÜBER BREMEN" alongside to Vaihingen, where the recipient was charged triple-weight "27" plus "2" delivery fee, soem minor imperfections, an attractive and scarce entire which vividly illustrates the different weight progressions through the American ounce and the German lot

1856 (Mar 20), folded letter from "HAMBURG 20 MAR 1856" endorsed "via Bremen per Washington" with black accountancy mark "5/10" alongside to New York with black integral cds. "N. YORK U.S. PKT APR 13 15" alongside, minor ageing, otherwise fine

1856, (May) lettersheet endorsed "p North Star" via "ST.P.A. BREMEN 26 5" with boxed "See Brief." and red crayon "2½" (Sgr.) alongside, to Amsterdam, the recipient was charged "40" (cNL), fine and scarce entire

1856, (29. Nov) folded lettersheet endorsed "p. Washington" with black integral cds. "N. YORK U.S. PKt. 14 NOV 29" alongside via "ST.P.A. BREMEN 18 12" to Amsterdam, with red crayon "6 3/4" (Sgr.) alongside, the recipient was charged "65" (cNL), fine and scarce entire

1857 (25. Aug), folded letter from "CASSEL 25 8 1857" with manuscript mark "3/6 3/4" alongside via "ST.P.A. BREMEN 29 8" with red "15" and boxed "PAID." alongside, transported with the "Ariel" to New York, fine

1857, (26 Nov) folded lettersheet from "HAMBURG 26 NOV 1857" endorsed "via Bremen p. North Star" with red crayon "10" (Grote) and 4½ (Sgr) and subsequently accountancy mark "10" and boxed "PAID." alongside applied, transported by Vanderbilt line "North Star" to York with red integral cds. "N. YORK U.S. PKt. DEC 19 PAID" struck upon arrival, a fine and scarce entire

Reference: "North Atlantic Mail Sailings 1840-75", page 162

1858, (Sep 27) folded lettersheet from "LANCASTER SEP 27 1858" via New York to Queckbronn, upon arrival in Bremen red "48/18 Kr. R AMERICA ÜBER BREMEN" applied, the recipeint charged with "1fk6kr", some ageing, otherwise fine

1858, (Nov. 3) envelope from "DETROIT NOV 3" via "N. YORK BREM. Pk. NOV 20 1858" to Speichingen, upon arrival in Bremen blue "24/9 Kr. R. AMERICA ÜBER BREMEN" applied, the recipient was charged with "33" kr., fine

1858, (Dec 16) folded letter from "N. YORK BREMEN PK. 3 DEC 18 1858" endorsed "Per Steamer Bremen" via Bremen to Mittenwald, upon arrival in Bremen blue double-circle "AMERIKA über Bremen 22" applied, fine