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1809, MANCHESTER: Folded letter dated "New York Jan 2 1809" addressed to Derby, letter could not be prepaid, arrival in Falmouth with "Falmouth:Packet: Lre" handstamp applied, charged with "2/2", fine

1810, H.M.S. VENUS: Folded letter dated "New York August 25 1810" to Dorking, no prepayment, treated as a packet letter and charged "2/-" and changed to 2/2" for delivery to Dorking, fine

1811, LEANDER: Folded letter from New Brunswick 23rd May 1811 to Liverpool with oval "SHIP LETTER LIVERPOOL" struck alongside, no apparent charge, probably paid the captain 2d., total transit of 66 days having called at Ireland en route. The letter was not landed in Ireland which was a serious breach of the regulations.

1812, SWIFTSURE: Folded letter dated "Charleston Oct. 6 1812" addressed to Edenburg, Scotland, sent via New York 8th November, Halifax 19th November and Falmouth 23rd December with green "AMERICA F DE 23 1812" alongside, charged with "7/3", fine

1813, DIDO: Folded letter from Philadelphia 1st October 1813 via New York to Ireland with boxed "LIVERPOOL SHIP LETTER" alongside, charged "1´8d" (8d ship letter, 10d inland to Holyland and 2d for the packet to Dublin), there on 30th October an extra 9d for 65-90 miles to Belfast was added, in all "2/5d" charged, fine

1813, JOHN ADAMS: Folded letter from New York 12th November 1813 to Schiedam (Netherlands). Triplicate letter put on the cartel ship carrying the US delegation to Sweden sent to try and end the 1812 War. Outer wrapper removed, forwarded by Jan Smith via Heligoland to London. Charged "10" Stuiver in Schiedam, a total transit time, including the delay in New York, of 6½ months, fine and scarce entire

1818, MILO: Folded letter from "HOLYHEAD 23 FEB" via Forwarder, endorsed "To the care of Mr. W. Hope", in Liverpool to Boston, scarce blue ship's cachet "SHIP MILO S.G. BRONSON Sailed mar. 27" struck at lower right, charged with "8"d., arrival mark "BOSTON APR 23", fine and choice

1819, TELEGRAPH: Folded lettersheet from Liverpool to London endorsed "Per Telegraph" with good red strike of "SHIP TELEGRAPH H. COFFIN", charged double-rate with "3/2"d., reverse with arrival mark, transit of 33 days, gently cleaned, a fine and scarce entire  

1820, ATLANTIC: Folded letter dated "Hamburg 14th November 1820" (probably sent under separate cover to a forwarder) via Liverpool to Providence, Rhode Island, put on the "Atlantic" with greenish serrated oval handstamp "SHIP ATLANTIC SAILED DECEM. 17 W. MATLOCK" alongside, arrival mark "NEW YORK FEB 19", a total transit of 102 days. Fine and scarce entire, especially with the Atlantic marking in green rather than red

1821, LADY LOUISA: Folded letter dated "London 18 Novem 1821" addressed to New York, charged with "6/6" triple rate, fine

1824, H.M.S. ARGUS: Folded letter dated "Bermuda 10th Febr. 1824" to London with fleuron postmark "HALIFAX FEB 21" struck alongside, charged with "2/2", fine

1826, H.M.S. REDOPLE: Folded double-weight letter from London with Maiden Voyage to Philadelphia with manuscript charge "4/4", in Bermuda transferred to the "Susan" which ran aground twice, red arrival mark "ANNPs MAR 19", incorrectly charged single of "14½" c., a rare and attractive entire

1829, ALBION: Folded lettersheet dated "Quebec 2 Oct." endorsed "Albion" to Bordeaux, with boxed "GLOUCESTER SHIP LETTER" alongside, charged with 2/7" and "16" decimes upon arrival, detained payment with R.L.O docket number "6984", horizontal fold at top running through boxed cancel, otherwise fine and scarce entire with only very few known

1830, RINALDO: Folded letter dated "Quebec june the 9th 1830" addressed to London, with red fleuron "QUEBEC JUN 9 30" and boxed "Free" alongside, via Halifax with black fleuron "HALIFAX JU 30 1830", Falmouth rated "2/2" to London where a further charged of 2d was added, after that manuscript "Shd be free" added with signature beneath, an attractive and interesting entire

1832, POMONA: Folded letter dated "Bordeaux 12 March 1835" addressed to New York, endorsed "pr Pomona", red "PHILA 5 MAY" octagon and matching red octagon handstamp "Full Rigged Ship" struck alongside, manuscript rate "14½" rate re-rated to double "27", a very fine and choise strike of this popular marking

1840, OPPOSUM: Folded letter addressed to Livingston, charged with "1/-", the new rate introduced in March 1839, missed the sailing of the "Peterel" on the 10th and put on "Opossum", the last sailing packet to leave Falmouth on 5th June. Arrived at Halifax 13th July and sent to Boston by sea, charged 20¾ cents to Livingston

1818, JAMES MONROE (Black Ball Line): Maiden Return Voyage, folded letter from Liverpool to Montreal, endorsed "p. Ja Monroe" on reverse, arriving in New York April 30th with matching red cds. and stright-line "SHOP" allied, red manuscript "20¾" due rating and canadian red manuscript "1N10" due rating, a fine and scarce entire

1819, COURIER: Folded letter dated "Liverpool May 31 1819" to Providence, endorsed "pr. Courier" and with red oval "AMERICAN PACKET Courier Wm BOWNE" alongside, red arrival "NEW-YORK JUL 8", charged triple-rate "57½" in manuscript, cents being 3 x 18½ cents plus 2 cents ship letter fee, fine and scarce entire

1819, HERALD (Boston & Liverpool Packet Co.): Folded letter dated "Liverpool 30 June 1819" endorsed "p. Harald via Boston" with good strike of private cachet "P. FOX SHIP HARALD SAILED JULY 3", with Boston arrival and matching red "SHIP", charged "20", fine and scarce

1820, LANCSTER (Cope´s Philadelphia Line): Folded letter dated "Philad. 11 month 9. 1820" to endorsed "Lancaster" with boxed "LIVERPOOL SHIP LETTER" alongside, charged with "2/-" nfor a triple-weight letter, fine