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1858, VANDERBILT: Last Voyage, folded letter dated "Cape Town Sep 15th 1858" to Providence via London Forwarder, initially endorsed "Per Ruth Dene", later again "p. Vanberbilt Southampton", upon arrival black integral cds. "N. YORK Am. PKT 24 NOV 16" struck, fine

1860, ILLINOIS: 1857 Washington 3c. red and 12c. black as horizontal pair tied by cds. "AUGUSTA JUL 7" to envelope via Bremen or Hamburg to Geneva, Switzerland.  With red integral cds. "NEW YORK PAID AUG 11 9", put on "Illinois" as "Saxonia", the HAPAG liner would not sail for another four days, the rate was 21 cents, the US post office kept the balance of 6 cents, adhesives with negligible imperfections, othewise fine

1860, ILLINOIS: Folded letter dated "Galveston March 25/60 with matching cds. "GALVESTON MAR 27 1860" alongside to Crossen, Prussia, endorsed as paid "30" and "pr. first Steamer for Europe", but treated as unpaid with "13" silbergroschen charged, fine and scarce entire of the first of only 5 voyages for the line

1861, ARAGO: 1857 Washington 3c. red and Franklin 30c. orange tied by red grid to folded letter from "NEW YORK FEB 3" endorsed "pr. Steamer Arago via Marseille" to Melbourne, Australia, the adhesives only paid the route via Southampton, so the cover was put on the "PERSIA", from there on the "PERA" to Alexandria, "SIMLA" to Galle and "BENARES" to Melbourne with arrival mark "MELBOURNE AP 15 61", fine and very attractive

1861, ARAGO: Unpaid envelope (backflap missing) from "PIGEON COVE MAR 29" to Alexandria, Egypt, charged with a total of "32" decimes to Alexandria, fine

1867, ARAGO: 1861 Lincoln 15c. black and Franklin 30c. orange tied by cork cancel to overpaid folded letter from New York to Aachen, Prussia with red integral cds. "N. YORK Am. PKT. AUG 4 7 PAID" crediting Prussia, stamps some faults, otherwise fine entire from the penultimate voyage before closing of the line

1867, FULTON: Victoria 1sh. green tied by numeral "49" to folded lettersheet from London to New York, red cridit handstamp "21 CENTS" alongside, a fresh and very attractive entire carried on the last voyage of the "Fulton" and last voyage of the Havre line

1867, GUIDING STAR: Lincoln 15c. black tied by grid to small envelope with adjacent cds. "GUILDFORD MAY 24" to Paris, attractive entire conveyed during the 2nd of only three voyages of this joint venture with New York Mail S.S. Co.

1867, MISSISSIPPI: 1861 Franklin 30c. orange, horizontal pair and single tied by cork cancels to envelope to Paris, paying 6 times new single rate of 15 cents, "18" cents creditet to France, right stamp ironed out tear, otherwise fine and attractive entire conveyed on the 2nd and last trip

1850, CITY OF GLASGOW: Maiden return voyage, folded letter dated "Habana Mayo 1850", carried under separate cover to New York with manuscript on reverse "Forwarded by F. Echarte, May 18th 1850, red "NEW YORK MAY 18" alongside and carred by Tod & McGregor "City of Glasgow" to Glasgow with matching two-line "GREENOCK SHIP LETTER", green "GREENOCK JN 2 1850" and matching "COLONIES &c. ART 13" applied, "30" decimes due rating, minor aging, attractive and interesting entire being the only recorded cover by this steamship under original owners, a scarce non-contract steamship voyage

1851, CITY OF MANCHESTER: Maiden Voyage, folded lettersheet from Liverpool endorsed "per City of Manchester" to Philadelphia, charged with "6" as ship letter, fine

1857, INDIANA: Maiden Voyage and second round voyage of the line, unpaid folded letter from "ST.P.A. BREMEN 8 5" to Baltimore, endorsed "Steamer India", manuscript "franco" corrected with "not", pon arrival black integral cds. "NEW-YORK SHIP JUN 5 cts." struck, very rare with only one other letter carried by this line being recorded, scarce non-contract steamship voyage.

1858, INDIAN: 1851, Victoria 7½d. green tied by bars to folded lettersheet endorsed "Per Indian" with adjacent cds. "TORONTO JU 17 58" to London, adhesive touched at top and close at lower left, otherwise fine, signed Seybold

1858, PRINCE ALBERT: Victoria 6d. violet tied by duplex "LIVERPOOL 13 SEP 58" to folded letter to Boston, endorsed "Pr. Str. Prince Albert", transferred by packet to "DUBLIN SE 14 1858" and then by rail to "GALWAY SE 14 58", upon arrival black integral "NEW YORK SHIP SEP 29 5cts." struck, fine and attractive entire

1859, HUNGARIAN: Maiden voyage, Victoria 4d. rose, two singles tied by numeral "19" to folded letter endorsed "p. Hungarian" to Kingston, fine

1859, KANGAROO: Folded letter dated "Buenos Ayres Abril 27 1859" via London to New York, per R.M.S.P.’s "Camilla" and "Tamar", short-lived 6d per ½ oz rate to UK, "6"d changed to "12" cents., upon arrival in New York "NEW-YORK AM. PKT JUN 22" and handstamp "33" struck, fine

1860, ATLANTIC: Maiden return and only voyage for North Atlantic Line, Victoria 1sh. green, horizontal pair with additional franking tied by numeral "11" to folded lettersheet to San Francisco with arrival mark, fine

1860, CITY OF BALTIMORE: Victoria 1sh. green, horizontal strip of four and singles and 4d. rose as vertical pair, tied by numeral "18" to folded lettersheet endorsed "Pr. City of Baltimore via United States" to Mexiko, upon arrival "4" centavos struck for local delivery, adhesives some imperfections, still an attractive entire

1860, EDINBURGH: Washington 10c. vertical strip of three and single 12c. black, each cancelled in manuscript with "X", matching "Paid 42d" rating and left and cds. "GALVA JUL 10 1860" on envelope to Hudikswall, Sweden. Red New York exchange mark on reverse with matching red "19" credit handstamp on front, red "AACHEN FRANCO" and manuscript "f5" sgr. rating and two "HELSINGBORG 28 7 1860" struck, minor restoration top 10c. adhesives pulled perf, otherwise a very fine usage

1860, HUNGARIAN: Victoria 6d. violet tied by duplex "LONDON FE 8 60" to Fredericton, New Brunswick. The Ship wrecked on Cape Sable, Nova Scotia on the 20th during a gale, 237 lives were lost in this disaster with no survivors, some of the mail bags were washed ashore, reverse with red manuscript "Saved from "SS Hungarian", faults as to be expected, very rare with only 3 covers known from this wreck