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The James Baird Collection of Postal History continued...

Transatlantic Mail by R.B. Forbes & Co. & American Steamship Lines continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
941       image(TransA - R.B. Forbes & Co.) 1846 (Jan. 17) London, England to New York N.Y. Folded letter with red "Paid Ship Letter, London, 17 JA 17, 1846" rimless crowned oval and London red Paid (1.17) Maltese cross postmark with manuscript "8" pence prepaid for outgoing ship fee, carried as endorsed on Massachusetts from London Jan. 21st to New York Mar. 4th, New York manuscript "6" cent due rating for ship letter fee, Very Fine, This was the Final Return Voyage.
Estimate; $300 - 400.

Although "Massachusetts" made only two round voyages, all but one of the covers recorded were carried on the second return voyage to the U.S., as was this one.
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Est. $300-400
SOLD for $260.00
Will close during Public Auction
942       image(TransA - Black Ball) (Freight Money) 1848 (Apr. 4) New York, N.Y. to Leghorn, Tuscany. Blue folded letter with pencil "25" cent prepaid rating for freight money fee, carried by Black Ball Line United States from New York Apr. 8th to Liverpool arriving Apr. 22nd, "Liverpool Ship, 22 AP 1848" and London (4.23) backstamps, red "Detained for Postage" framed handstamp and letter held until foreign fees paid, prepaid red manuscript "2/1" rating upon payment and forwarded to Sardinia, Boulogne (5.13) transit cds, "12" crazie due rating, Very Fine, ex-Winter.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000.

CARRIED ON THE MAIDEN VOYAGE OF THE BLACK BALL LINE "UNITED STATES" FROM NEW YORK TO LIVERPOOL.

Freight money fee (pencil on left side) paid when letter taken to steamship agent office and put directly in mail bag without going to post office. Rare freight money cover from New York showing fee payment and rare steamship voyage.
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Est. $750-1,000
SOLD for $675.00
Will close during Public Auction
943       image(TransA - Black Ball) (Discriminatory Rate) 1848 (May 16) London, England to Petersburg Va. Folded letter with partial "Fenchurch St" straightline handstamp and red manuscript "1/-" shilling prepaid discriminatory rating, London (5.16) red cds and Liverpool (5.17) diamond datestamp, carried by Black Ball Line United States from Liverpool May 17th to New York arriving May 31st, red "New-York
'Ship 12cts' May 31" cds, F.-V.F., Letter carried on maiden return voyage of Black Ball Line United States. One of three recorded covers carried on this voyage., ex-Winter.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000.

THE ONLY RECORDED AMERICAN NON-CONTRACT STEAMSHIP COVER RECORDED SHOWING THE DISCRIMINATORY PACKET RATE. (Image1)

Est. $750-1,000
SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction
944       image(TransA - Black Ball) (Freight Money) 1848 (Jun. 9) New York N.Y. to Francomont, Belgium. Folded letter endorsed per "United States", showing pencil "25" cent prepaid rating for freight money fee, carried by Black Ball Line United States from New York Jun. 10th to Havre arriving Jun. 24th, red Havre (6.24) entry cds and manuscript "16" décimes debit rating, Verviers (6.26) backstamp, light horizontal fold, Very Fine, Scarce non-contract steamship letter to Belgium showing seldom seen freight money accounting at New York, ex-Winter.
Estimate; $500 - 750.

Letter taken to Black Ball Line agent and 25¢ freight money fee paid (marked in pencil, upper left corner). Letter did not enter U.S. mail, so no inland fee paid. French marked letter for 16 décimes postage due (10 décimes to France and 6 décimes to Belgium).
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Est. $500-750
SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction
The Ocean Line
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
945       image(TransA - Ocean) 1847 (Jun. 1) New York, N.Y. to London, England. Folded letter with red "New York Jun 1" cds with matching arced "Paid" handstamp, endorsed "per Mail Steamer 'Washington' ", carried by Ocean Line Washington from New York Jun. 1st to Southampton arriving Jun. 15th, "Liverpool 16 JU" blue double-arc and red "London 16 JU 1847" arrival backstamps with manuscript "1/" shilling discriminatory due rating on face, Very Fine, ex-Winter.
Estimate; $3,000 - 4,000.

THE INAUGURAL VOYAGE OF AMERICAN TRANSATLANTIC PACKET SERVICE BY OCEAN LINE WASHINGTON.

The commencement of the American Packet service led to Britain imposing a "Discriminatory Rate" on mails landed at Southampton with all US prepayment ignored and the One Shilling Packet Rate charged to the addressee. There are four recorded examples to Great Britain, each showing the discriminatory fee. There are three recorded covers on this voyage to France and Germany, one of which we offered in the Richard Winter sale (Sale 50 lot 258 realized $11,500).
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Est. $3,000-4,000
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
946       image(TransA - Ocean) 1847 (Jun. 24, c.) Paris, France to Philadelphia Pa. Orange cover with blue "Ocean Steam Navigation Co. New York, Draper & Co., Paris" double-oval. This letter was put into the ship's mail bag by Ocean Line's agent in Paris, endorsed "p. Steamer Washington" at bottom left, carried as endorsed by Ocean Line Washington from Brest Jun. 25th via Southampton delayed with mechanical trouble, sailing for New York on Jul. 10th but had to return to port with additional problems. She sailed again July 15th arriving in New York Jul. 30th, New York "29" cent due rating for 24¢ transatlantic packet plus 5¢ inland postage, remailed with blue "Philadelphia PA. Jul 31" cds and manuscript "5" due rating totaling "34" cents.
Estimate; $3,000 - 4,000.

CARRIED ON THE MAIDEN RETURN VOYAGE OF AMERICAN PACKET SERVICE BY OCEAN LINE WASHINGTON.

While letters on the eastbound route during the Discriminatory Rate period are relatively rare, those on westbound voyages are exceptional.
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Est. $3,000-4,000
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
947       image(TransA - Ocean) 1847 (Jul. 2) Bremen to Baltimore, Md. Folded letter endorsed "p. Steamer Washington", Bremen (7.2) origin cds and dark magenta framed "Paid." handstamp, red London "Paid 5 JY 1847" cds and magenta "1/6" credit rating to G.B., carried by Ocean Line Washington from Southampton Jul. 15th to New York arriving Jul. 30th, Baltimore blue "29" due rating for U.S. 5¢ inland postage and 24¢ American packet fee, Very Fine, ex-Winter.
Estimate; $4,000 - 6,000.

A SECOND COVER CARRIED ON THE MAIDEN RETURN VOYAGE OF WASHINGTON, ONE OF ONLY FOUR RECORDED EXAMPLES, THIS PARTICULARLY CHOICE BECAUSE IT WAS CARRIED OVER THE OCEAN LINE'S ENTIRE ROUTE, BREMEN TO NEW YORK. (Image1)

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Est. $4,000-6,000
SOLD for $2,700.00
Will close during Public Auction
948       image(TransA - Ocean) 1847 (Dec. 16) Manchester, England to Philadelphia, Pa. Folded letter endorsed "p. Washington", carried by Ocean Line Washington from Southampton Dec. 19th to New York arriving Jan. 16th, red manuscript "29" due rating for U.S. 5¢ inland postage and 24¢ American packet fee, Very Fine and rare Westbound voyage, ex-Winter.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000.

Letter placed in ship letter bag and not posted in British mail system, thereby avoiding the 1 shilling discriminatory charge imposed by the British. Unusually long voyage of 28 days as the "Washington" encountered severe gales on this third return voyage and put into Halifax for fuel and repairs.
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Est. $750-1,000
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
949       image(TransA - Ocean) 1848 (Mar. 15) Bremen, Germany to New York N.Y. Folded cover with "St. P.A. Bremen. 14/3" double-circle origin cds and endorsed "pr Steamer Washington" at top, carried as endorsed by Ocean Line Washington from Bremen Mar. 15th to New York arriving Apr. 7th, New York red "24" cent due handstamp for 24¢ transatlantic packet, Very Fine and choice.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.

CARRIED ON THE FIRST WESTBOUND SAILING UNDER THE U.S.-GERMANY TREATY OF MARCH 1848 - THE FIRST DIRECT CLOSED MAIL SERVICE DEPARTURE CONNECTING THE PORT OF BREMEN AND THE UNITED STATES. (Image1)

Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,150.00
Will close during Public Auction
950       image(TransA - Ocean) 1848 (Mar. 20) New York N.Y. to Verviers, Belgium. Datelined blue folded letter with New York pencil "24" prepaid rating per U.S.-Bremen treaty, carried as endorsed by Ocean Line Hermann from New York Mar. 21st to Southampton arriving Apr. 11th, red "Outre-Mer, Le Havre, 12 Avril 48" transit cds and manuscript "16" décimes due rating (10 déc to France, 6 déc inland to Belgium) and "7½" grams weight at top left, red Verviers (4.14) arrival backstamp, Very Fine, Carried on the Maiden Voyage of the Ocean Line Hermann, which was the first under the new 1848 U.S.-Bremen treaty., ex-Van der Linden, Walske.
Estimate; $400 - 600.

FEW COVERS ARE KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN CARRIED BY HERMANN ON EITHER OF ITS EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND MAIDEN TRIPS; THREE OF EACH. (Image1)

Est. $400-600
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction
951       image(TransA - Ocean) (Discriminatory Rate) 1848 (Apr. 25) London, England to Petersburg, Va. Folded letter with partial "Fenchurch St" receiving house handstamp, red London (4.25) and red manuscript "1/-" discriminatory packet rating, carried by Ocean Line Hermann from Southampton May 6th to New York arriving May 22, upon arrival in U.S. blue manuscript "34" cent due rating for 24¢ American packet fee plus 10¢ inland postage, Very Fine and scarce discriminatory use, ex-Winter.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.

ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED COVERS CARRIED ON THE WESTBOUND MAIDEN VOYAGE OF HERMANN.

British charged 1 schilling outgoing packet fee even though letter carried on an American packet and British performed no service to carry the letter across the Atlantic. Americans called this a discriminatory charge since the sea postage was still to be paid in the United States. Continued use of this discriminatory rate on American packet letters caused the Americans to retaliate with a double sea postage (24¢ packet) on letters carried by British contract vessels in the last half of 1848. Since the letter cost was so high due to discriminatory rates, very few letters were sent from England to the U.S. on the American contract mail steamships before 1849.
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Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
952       image(TransA - Ocean) 1852 (Mar. 20) San Francisco, Cal. to Paris, France. Exceptionally fresh cover endorsed "Via Panama & England", bearing red "San Francisco Cal. Mar 20" cds and matching "Paid" and "26" rating handstamps for the British open mail rate by American Packet from the West Coast, carried by Ocean Line Hermann from New York Apr. 24th to Brest arriving May 9th, red Paris (5.9.52) entry cds and "8" décimes due in Paris, Extremely Fine and choice.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)

Est. $150-200
SOLD for $290.00
Will close during Public Auction
953       image(TransA - Ocean) 1853 (Jul. 16) San Francisco Cal. to Dordogne, France. Folded letter with "San Francisco Cal. Jul 16" cds and matching "Paid 26" crude rating handstamp for British open mail by American Packet, red "New-York Am. Packet Aug 13" exchange cds, red Le Havre (8.27) entry cds with "16" décimes postage due handstamp, Vergt (8.27) arrival backstamp; edge tear at left, Very Fine, ex-Noel, Walske.
Estimate; $200 - 300.

One of only four recorded examples of this crude "Paid 26" rate handstamp, used only from Jun. 30th to Jul. 16th 1853. Carried by PMSC "John L. Stephens" from San Francisco Jul. 16th to Panama arriving Jul. 29th, then by USMSC "Illinois" from Aspinwall Aug. 1st to New York arriving Aug. 1st. Then by Ocean Line "Washington" from New York Aug. 13th to Southampton arriving Aug. 26th.
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $170.00
Will close during Public Auction
954       image(TransA - Ocean) 1856 (Feb. 20) San Francisco, Cal. to Amsterdam, Netherlands. Folded cover with red "San Francisco Cal. 'Paid 26' 20 Feb" integral rate cds, red "New-York Mar 22" exchange cds, carried by Ocean Line Hermann from New York Mar. 22nd to Southampton arriving Apr. 7th, London (4.7) transit backstamp and "U.S. PK. T." straightline h.s. with manuscript "4" pence debit to Netherlands, Amsterdam arrival backstamp and manuscript "40" Dutch cents due rating, minor bleach spot in address, F.-V.F. and scarce San Francisco use to Amsterdam., ex-Winter.
Estimate; $300 - 400.

Letter, prepaid West Coast British Open Mail rate by American packet, carried by Pacific Mail Steamship Co. steamer "Sonora" to Panama and U.S. Mail Steamship Co. steamer "George Law" to New York. London marked the U.S.PK.T. to show basis for G.B. debit to Netherlands (letter paid to England, leaving only transit to Netherlands unpaid). Dutch postage due consisted of 4d or 20 cents to G.B. and 20 Cents internal fee in the Netherlands.
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Est. $300-400
SOLD for $280.00
Will close during Public Auction
955       image(TransA - Ocean) (Discriminatory Rate) 1847 (Nov. 18, c.) New York N.Y. to London, England. Gray folded cover from Rothschild correspondence with New York red "Paid" arc handstamp and pencil "24" prepaid transatlantic rating, endorsed "p Washington Steamer", carried as endorsed by Ocean Line Washington from New York Nov. 18th to Southampton arriving Dec. 3rd, red London (12.4) arrival cds and manuscript "1/-" schilling due rating, Very Fine, ex-Bowen, Walske.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)

Est. $150-200
SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction
956       image(TransA - Ocean) 1853 (Aug. 4) Baden, Baden to Charleston, S.C. Cover with "Baden, 4 Aug" two-line postmark and sent unpaid, Bremen (8.10) backstamp with large "7" grote debit handstamp to U.S., carried by Ocean Line Hermann from Bremerhaven Aug. 12th to New York arriving Sep. 1st, bold "New York '27' Sep 1" exchange debit cds, Very Fine and scarce Bremen stylized "7" handstamp use, Letter carried on last voyage under the 1st Bremen Treaty of 1847, ex-Winter.
Estimate; $200 - 300.

Thurn & Taxis Post carried letter from Baden to Bremen and debited Bremen 9 kreuzer for the transit fee. Bremen struck the stylized "7" handstamp to show debit in Bremen currency (grote) to the U.S. Postage due included 20¢ American sea postage and 7¢ German transit postage. Two different sizes of this uncommon "7" due marking exist.
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $210.00
Will close during Public Auction
957       image(TransA - Ocean) (Reprisal Period) 1848 (Mar. 20) London, England to Philadelphia Pa. Folded letter with red London Paid (3.20) cds and red manuscript "1/-" prepaid rating, carried by Ocean Line Washington from Southampton Mar. 21st to New York arriving Apr. 7th New York blue manuscript "29" rate for 24¢ packet plus 5¢ inland postage, Very Fine.
Estimate; $200 - 300.

This is a rather unusual cover. The double circle postmark is a London Postmark. The one shilling rate was the British rate for a ½ oz. letter to go by packet to the United States. This was announced in the General Post Office's Instruction No. 9 of June 1847 stating "Letters conveyed by these Packets [referring to Packets between the United States and Bremen touching at Southampton] between Great Britain and the United States, will be liable to the usual British Packet postage of 1s for a letter not exceeding ½ an ounce." (The "discriminatory rate".) On 3 March 1845 the U.S. Congress passed an act establishing that mail between the United States to any ports in Great Britain or France, or any foreign port not less than 3,000 miles away transported in the U.S. mail [by U.S. contract mail vessels] would require 24 cents per ½ oz. with the U.S. inland postage added. Since there were no American contract mail vessels going overseas at the time, the rate wasn't charged. However, when the Ocean Line started operations in June 1847, this rate became effective. So the postage due on the cover was 24 cents plus 5 cents U.S. inland postage or 29 cents. It would appear that the New York exchange office applied the 29¢ as a retaliatory rate, but this is not so. In the first place, Congress had not acted to establish a retaliatory rate on March 20. Further, when it was passed, only mail carried on "foreign vessels" was subject to the rate.
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction
The Collins Line
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
958       image(TransA - Collins) 1850 (Apr. 26) New York N.Y. to London, England. Folded letter with bold strike of red "New York '6' Apr 27" credit exchange cds and pencil "48" prepaid rating, carried as endorsed by Collins Line Atlantic from New York Apr. 27th to Liverpool arriving May 10th, red London Paid (5.11) arrival datestamp, Very Fine, Carried on the maiden voyage of the Collins Line Atlantic, the inauguration of the line..
Estimate; $500 - 750. (Image1)

Est. $500-750
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
959       image(TransA - Collins) 1850 (Apr. 26, c.) Philadelphia Pa. to Sunderland, England. Cover with clear strike of "Phila. 24 Cts. Paid" octagon datestamp, bold strike of New York red "3" credit to G.B. handstamp, carried by Collins Line Atlantic from New York Apr. 27th to Liverpool arriving May 10th, red Liverpool America Paid (5.10.50) entry cds, Sunderland (5.12) arrival backstamp; some cover restoration, Very Fine appearance.
Estimate; $500 - 750.

A RARE COVER CARRIED ON THE MAIDEN VOYAGE OF THE COLLINS LINE ATLANTIC THAT INAUGURATED THE LINE. (Image1)

Est. $500-750
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
960       image(TransA - Collins) 1850 (Jun. 18) London, England to New York N.Y. Folded letter with London Paid (6.18) Maltese cross postmark and red manuscript "1/-" rating, Liverpool (6.19) transit, carried by Collins Line Pacific from Liverpool Jun. 19th to New York arriving Jul. 1st, Very Fine, Carried on the maiden return voyage of the Collins Line Pacific.
Estimate; $500 - 750. (Image1)

Est. $500-750
SOLD for $260.00
Will close during Public Auction

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