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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

1822, PANTHEA: Maiden Voyage, folded letter dated "Boston le 20 Mars 1822" and endorsed "Per Ship Panthea via Liverpool", addressed to London with final destination Cognac, reverse with boxed "LIVERPOOL SHIP LETTER", charged with "3/2", fine and interesting entire

1829, HUDSON: Folded letter dated "Albany 8th May 1829" and endorsed "...Hudson Capt....", addressed to London, sent under separate cover or carried privately to New York, with red boxed "PORTSMOUTH SHIP-LETTER" applied, charged "1/4"d., which was cancelled, fine

1831, CHARLES CARROLL: Folded price list dated "New York February 10 1831" with adjacent handstamp "Par ChAS. CaRROLL 12 Feb 1831" to Bordeaux, with boxed "PAYS D'OUTREMER PAR LE HAVRE" on front, charged with "14" decimes, fine

1833, CALEDONIA: triple weight folded letter from "BRANTFORD 6 Dec 33" to London, charged with "1/11 + 75cent", upon arrival charged as double with "3/2", instructions were enclosed for return letters "3d. is to be given to the waiter at the Coffee House for putting them in the bag", an attractive and interesting entire

1833, SOVEREIGN: Folded lettersheet from New York endorsed "Sovereign" and addressed to London, put directly on board with no Post Office charge, London arrival and boxed "COWES SHIP LETTER" on reverse, charged with "4/3", small tear closed, otherwise fine

1833, UNITED STATES: Maiden Voyage, folded letter dated "New York 23d June 1833" endrosed "p. United States" addressed to Edinburg, reverse with boxed "LIVERPOOL SHIP LETTER", charged with "1/7" in manuscript and Scottish wheel tax of "½" added by boxed handstamp, fine and attractive entire

1835, ALBANY: Folded letter from Paris addressed to Buffalo, endorsed "Albany", sent under separate cover to a forwarder with clear strike of "Forwarded by Emerson & NORWOOD HAVRE." on reverse, charged with "25" c. for the transfer to Buffalo, fine

1836, GLADIATOR: Folded letter dated "Havana 20 January 1836", carried to a forwarder in New York with matching handstamp "FORWARDED BY MOSES TAYLOR NEW-YORK" on reverse, put on the "Gladiator" to Portsmouth with corresponding boxed "PORTSMOUTH SHIP LETTER" on front, charged with "1/4", fine

1836, NORMANDIE: Folded letter endorsed "p. Normandie" adressed to New York, perfect strike of "Received and Forwarded by A. P. Smith & Co Havre" on reverse, cds. "BUREAU MARITIME 9 AVR" on front, charged with "6" ship fee, fine

1836, SILVIE DE GRASSE: Folded letter dated "New York Jan 16th 1836" addressed to Paris, reverse with good strike of "FORWARDED THROUGH HUDSON'S NEWS ROOM & FOREIGN SHIP LETTER OFFICE NEW YORK", charged with "6" decimes for the transit to Paris, fine

1838, INDEPENDENCE (Blue Swallowtail Line): Folded letter dated "New York 5th December 1838" addressed to London,  put on board by the Forwarding Agent Gilpin‘s Exchange with matching oval " FORWARDED THROUGH GILPIN´S EXCHANGE READING ROOM AND FOREIGN LETTER OFFICE N. YORK" on reverse, charged as double-rate with "3/2"d, fine

1838, PRESIDENT: Folded letter dated "London 9 May 1838" endorsed "p. President" addressed to Kennebunk, Maine. Sent to Liverpool illegally or under separate cover, red arrival "NEW-YORK SHIP JUN 11" on front, charged "20¾" cents, fine

1838, TORONTO: Folded lettersheet from "PHILADELPHIA APR 9" with matching boxed "PAID" endorsed "Toronto" and addressed to London, reverse with boxed "SHIP LETTER WEYMOUTH", charged with "3/-", fine

1838, WELLINGTON: Maiden Voyage, folded letter dated "Baltimore Feb 17th 1838" endorsed "Per Packet...From New York", adressed to London, reverse with black "DARTMOUTH SHIP LETTER", charged "1/7", fine and scarce

1839, GARRICK: Folded double-weight letter dated "Leith 29th Nov. 1839" addressed to Richmond, red "SHIP LETTER LIVERPOOL 13 DEC 1839" and red "NEW-YORK SHIP JAN 16" struck alongside, charged with "2/-", fine