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United States Postal History continued...

Foreign Mails - 1848 continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
1321       image(Retaliatory Rates) 1848 (Sep. 28) London, England to Alton Ill. Envelope with red London "Paid, 28 SE 28, 1848" cds and red manuscript "1/-" packet rate prepayment, carried on Cunard Britannia departing Liverpool Sep. 30 th to New York arriving Oct. 17th, red "New-York, Ship, '34 cts.' Oct 17" integral cds for 10¢ inland plus 24¢ retaliatory rate; backflap faults and minor edge wear, a Very Fine strike of New York's "34cts" retaliatory cds.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)		 Est. $200-300
SOLD for $210.00
Will close during Public Auction
1322       image(Retaliatory Rates) 1848 (Nov. 1) Antwerp, Belgium to Castine, Me. Folded letter written at quarantine grounds near Antwerp by sailing ship captain who crossed the Atlantic through a hurricane and arrived at Antwerp, it was carried privately to London and posted with "Fenchurch St" straightline postmark, red London "Paid, 10 NO 1848" transit and red manuscript "1/-" shilling prepaid packet rating, carried by Cunard Line Cambria from Liverpool Nov. 11 to New York arriving Nov. 25, red "New York 'Ship 34cts Nov 25" entry cds for 10¢ inland postage plus 24¢ packet fee, Very Fine and interesting retaliatory rate cover from Belgium, ex-Winter.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)		 Est. $150-200
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
1323       image1848 (Nov. 13) New Orleans La. to Bordeaux, France. Cover with partial "New Orleans La. Nov 13" cds and matching "Paid" and "34" rating handstamps for the retaliatory rate, carried by Cunard Line America from New York Nov. 22nd to Liverpool arriving Dec. 4th, partial London (12.5) transit backstamp and matching "Colonies / & Art 13." framed accountancy handstamp, Boulonge (12.6) entry cds and ms. "20" due rating updated to "25" decimes, Bordeaux (12.8) arrival backstamp; small edge tear, Fine and scarce retaliatory rate period use to France.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)		 Est. $200-300
CLOSED
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1324       image(Retaliatory Rate) 1848 (Dec. 16) Liverpool, England to Alden, Erie County, N.Y. Bluish cover with red "Paid at Liverpool, DE 16 1848" framed postmark with matching red "1/-" prepaid packet rating handstamp, carried by Cunard Line Europa from Liverpool Dec. 16th to New York arriving Dec. 31st, red "New-York 'Ship 34cts' Jan "" cds for 10¢ inland postage plus 24¢ packet fee; small manuscript spot, Very Fine and rare example from the last retaliatory sailing.
Estimate; $500 - 750.

COVER WAS CARRIED ON THE 25TH AND LAST CUNARD MAIL VOYAGE TO THE U.S. UNDER THE RETALIATORY ORDER. (Image1)		 Est. $500-750
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction
Foreign Mails - 1849 to 1850
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
1325       image(Restored Rate) 1849 (Jan. 8) Morrisville Pa. to London, England. Cover with datelined letter from the sister of the surgeon aboard U.S. Frigate St. Lawrence, care of Baring Brothers London, manuscript "Morrisville Pa., Jany 8 - /49" postmark and "Paid 5" rating to New York, carried by Cunard Europa from New York Jan. 10th to Liverpool arriving Jan. 22nd during the restored rate period, Liverpool manuscript "1/-" one-shilling due rating for packet; slight toning and sealing-wax stain., F.-V.F., Carried on the first of only three eastbound sailings in the restored rate period.
Estimate; $300 - 400.

No American packets sailed to the U.K. during the restored rate period. (Image1)		 Est. $300-400
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction
1326       image(Restored Rate) 1849 (Jan. 21) Trenton N.J. to London, England. Buff cover with datelined letter from the sister of the surgeon aboard U.S. Frigate St. Lawrence, care of Baring Brothers London, blue "Trenton, N.J., Jan 22" cds and matching "Paid" handstamp with pencil "24" rating, carried by Cunard America from Boston Jan. 24th to Liverpool arriving Feb. 4th, red London (2.5) arrival backstamp and manuscript "1/-" due rating for packet after crossing out the "2/-" rating made in error, Very Fine, Carried on the second of only three eastbound sailings in the restored rate period.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)		 Est. $300-400
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction
1327       image(1848 Treaty) 1849 (Jan. 30) Buchholz, Saxony to Philadelphia Pa. Blue datelined folded letter with blue "Wilh. Ferd. Haschf, Hamburg" forwarders oval, endorsed "pr. British Steamer von 24. februar", red manuscript "5" rating crossed out and updated to "6", red London Paid (2.17.1849) cds and Liverpool (2.17) transit, carried by Cunard Line America from Liverpool Feb. 24th to Boston arriving Mar. 8th, docketed as received Mar. 10th, Very Fine.
Estimate; $300 - 400.

A SCARCE LETTER FROM GERMANY CARRIED ON THE FIRST WESTBOUND SAILING OF THE CUNARD LINE UNDER THE 1848 TREATY. (Image1)		 Est. $300-400
SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction
1328       image(Restored Rate) 1849 (Jan. 31) Newport R.I. to Southampton, England. Orange buff cover with datelined letter to the surgeon aboard the U.S. Frigate St. Lawrence, care of the American Consul in Southampton, red "Newport R.I., Feb 3" cds with matching "Paid" and "24" rating handstamps, carried on Cunard Canada from New York Feb. 7th to Liverpool arriving Feb. 19th, reverse with Liverpool (2.19) cds, red London (2.20) and blue Southampton (2.21) arrival cds, manuscript "2/9" ratings crossed out and corrected with "1/-" handstamp rating, F.-V.F., Carried on the last of only three eastbound sailings in the restored rate period.
Estimate; $300 - 400.

The letter likely left Southampton on February 27 aboard the P&O steamer Jupiter, which arrived at Cadiz on March 8. Dr. Clymer's notes on the reverse indicate he received the letter on March 9 at Cadiz. (Image1)		 Est. $300-400
SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction
1329       image1849 (Feb 8) New Ross, Ireland to New York N.Y. Datelined folded letter originally endorsed "By Halifax Steamer" (crossed out) then "By Contract Steamer", reverse with red Dublin (2.9) cds and black "RETURNED / FOR / POSTAGE" three-line handstamp, along with blue-green Ross (2.10), red Dublin (2.11) transit and red London (2.12) crown cds, manuscript "1/-" shilling due rating, black London "3" debit handstamp to U.S., carried by Ocean Line Hermann from Southampton Mar. 26th to New York arriving Apr. 13th, New York black "24" due handstamp, Very Fine, ex-Ashbrook, Reussille, Hahn, signed Ashbrook notes at left.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000.

THE FIRST AMERICAN PACKET SAILING UNDER THE 1848 TREATY AS WELL AS ONE OF THE EARLIEST PACKET LETTERS SENT UNPAID UNDER THE TREATY.

The sender in Ross first intended the letter to go on a Cunard ship via Halifax, but evidently thinking that the new treaty would allow it to go unpaid, but the treaty was not announced in London until Feb. 21st. When the Dublin post office returned the letter to Ross for postage the sender simply changed the endorsement to allow it to go by any other contract packet than a Cunarder. The letter was in London on Feb. 12th, but was not sent on the next Cunard sailing (America to Boston on Feb 24th, as obviated by the New York "24" debit), so was evidently held by the post office until the first March sailing on the Ocean Line. Hence the "3" cents debit to the U.S. rather than 21¢ had the letter gone via Cunard. The handstamp "3" was a London domestic marking and is not often seen on transatlantic mail. Accompanied by Dick Winter's analysis. (Image1)		 Est. $750-1,000
SOLD for $725.00
Will close during Public Auction
1330       image1849 (Feb. 17) Philadelphia Pa. to Berlin, Prussia. Blue datelined folded letter with partial blue Philadelphia cds and matching "Paid" octagon handstamp with pencil rating, black "New-York Feb 20" backstamp and matching "PART PART" straightline, carried as endorsed by Cunard Line Niagara from Boston Feb. 21st to Liverpool arriving Mar. 6th, black "AMERICA / ÜBER BREMEN" two-line handstamp, red "1 1/3." credit rating, magenta "5" rating, Very Fine.
Estimate; $500 - 750.

The "Paid Part" handstamp is a New York marking indicating that the letter was prepaid only to Bremen. Since most Bremen Treaty mails were carried by steamer directly to Bremerhaven, closed mails via England and Belgium are uncommon. Because there were insufficient voyages to Bremerhaven for all the mails which accumulated in New York, the New York postmaster augmented these trips with closed mails via England for a few years. With the inauguration of the Ocean Steam Navigation Co., the U.S. Government made its first postal treaty with an overseas government, Germany. The treaty appointed the Postmaster of Bremen as U.S. Special Mail Agent at Bremen. A special postmark for use by the agent was introduced reading "AMERICA / ÜBER BREMEN" in two-lines. The example struck here in black is quite unusual.

This sailing of "Niagara" was also the first Cunard sailing to carry British packet mails under the 1848 US-GB Treaty. (Image1)		 Est. $500-750
SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction
1331       image1849 (Feb. 18) Morrisville Pa. to London, England. Buff cover with datelined letter to the surgeon aboard the U.S. Frigate St. Lawrence, care of Baring Brothers in London, manuscript "Morrisville" postmark and matching "Paid 24" cents rating, carried by Cunard Niagara departing Boston Feb 21st to Liverpool arriving Mar. 6th, red London (3.7) arrival backstamp and manuscript "1/-" rating despite the treaty having been ratified, as the Treasury warrant was not sent to British post offices until March 8th; wax stain, Fine, The First Eastbound Sailing During the Treaty Period.
Estimate; $200 - 300.

The first convention mails from the U.S. sailed on the Ocean Line's "Hermann" on February 20th. This sailing of "Niagara" carried the first convention mail by a Cunarder. (Image1)		 Est. $200-300
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction
1332       image1849 (Feb. 20) New York, N.Y. to London, England. Datelined folded letter with New York red "24" prepaid rating handstamp for 24¢ packet rating, carried as endorsed by Cunard Line Niagara from Boston Feb. 21st to Liverpool Mar. 6th, London Paid (3.7) tombstone arrival and red manuscript "1/-" shilling packet rating; light horizontal fold, fresh and Very Fine.
Estimate; $500 - 750.

A CHOICE USE CARRIED ON THE FIRST EASTBOUND SAILING ON A BRITISH PACKET UNDER THE 1848 CONVENTION.

In December 1848 a treaty was negotiated restoring the conditions prior the the Retaliatory Rate period. The treaty was not ratified by Congress until February 1849 and the three eastbound sailings by Cunard before ratification are known as the Restored Period. The first sailing under the new treaty was from Boston by the "Niagara" on 21st February 1849. (Image1)		 Est. $500-750
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction
1333       image1849 (Feb. 20) Leeds, England to Philadelphia Pa. Datelined folded letter with red Liverpool (2.23) cds and manuscript red "1/-" one-shilling packet rating, Liverpool (2.24) backstamp and red "5" cents credit to the U.S., carried on Cunard America from Liverpool Feb. 24th to Boston arriving Mar. 8th, Very Fine.
Estimate; $400 - 600.

THIS WAS THE FIRST WESTBOUND SAILING UNDER THE 1848 US-GB TREATY.

No rating handstamps were available in Liverpool for the first four westbound sailings. For details of the confusion surrounding early treaty mails see the 1992 article by R.F. Winter in Chronicle 154. (Image1)		 Est. $400-600
SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction
1334       image1849 (Feb. 22) Glasgow, Scotland to Philadelphia Pa. Datelined blue folded letter with red "Glasgow, Paid N, Feb 22, 1849" datestamp, endorsed "Paid at Glasgow 22 Feby / 49" at top and "p R.M. Steamer "America" from Liverpool 24 Feby" at bottom, Liverpool (2.24) transit backstamp, red manuscript "1/-" one-shilling packet rating and matching "5" cents credit to U.S., carried on Cunard Line America from Liverpool Feb. 24th to Boston arriving Mar. 8th, Very Fine, ex-Needs.
Estimate; $400 - 600.

THIS WAS THE FIRST WESTBOUND SAILING UNDER THE 1848 US-GB TREATY.

No rating handstamps were available in Liverpool for the first four westbound sailings. For details of the confusion surrounding early treaty mails see the 1992 article by R.F. Winter in Chronicle 154. (Image1)		 Est. $400-600
SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction
1335       image1849 (Apr. 24) Newport, Fla. to Dumfries, Scotland. Folded letter with manuscript "Newport F., 27. April" postmark with matching "Paid 24" rating, New York large red "19" credit handstamp, carried by Cunard Line Cambria from Boston May 9th to Liverpool arriving May 21st, Liverpool Paid (5.22) cds and matching "1/-" prepaid rating, Dumfries (5.23) arrival backstamp, F.-V.F., ex-Winter.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.

A SCARCE FLORIDA TRANSATLANTIC USE WITH THE NEW YORK LARGE "19" CENT CREDIT HANDSTAMP.

Letter marked for payment of 10¢ in lower left and crossed through when realized that full treaty rate had to be paid rather than partial payment. Large red New York 19¢ credit marking recorded used from April 1849 to February 1850 only. (Image1)		 Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
1336       image1849 (May 28) Morrisville Pa. to London, England. Orange buff cover with manuscript "Morrisville Pa., May 28" postmark and matching "Paid 24" rating, datelined letter from the sister of the surgeon on the U.S. Frigate St. Lawrence, care of Baring Brothers in London, red New York "19" cents credit to G.B., black "5" in circle debit handstamp to G.B. for the second rate, carried on Cunard Line Canada from New York May 30th to Liverpool arriving Jun. 12th, black "America, Liverpool, JU 12, 1849" backstamp, Liverpool agreed the letter was overweight so rated it both red manuscript "1/-" for prepaid first rate and black manuscript "1/-" due with "MORE to PAY" handstamp, red London (6.13) crowned circle arrival cds; small erosion spot, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $300 - 400.

A RARE EXAMPLE OF ACCEPTED UNDERPAYMENT DURING THE EARLY TREATY PERIOD.

Under the treaty, letters could be sent either fully prepaid or unpaid; partially paid letters were to be treated as unpaid. (Image1)		 Est. $300-400
SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
1337       image1849 (Jun. 6) Liverpool, England to Petersburg, Va. Folded letter with Liverpool (6.8) backstamp and "19/cents" debit handstamp to U.S., carried by Cunard Line America from Liverpool Jun. 9th to Boston arriving Jun. 20th, Boston black "SHIP" handstamp with manuscript "24" due rating, Very Fine, This is the only example seen with the "SHIP" handstamp on a letter carried under the postal convention., ex-Winter.
Estimate; $150 - 200.

Boston continued to use circular datestamps with the word SHIP for four months after the treaty went into effect. In this case, they used only a straightline handstamp SHIP. This was not a ship letter but a packet letter carried under the new postal convention. (Image1)		 Est. $150-200
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
1338       image1849 (Sep. 15) Manila, Philippines to Salem Mass. Datelined folded letter forwarded to London by Fletcher & Alexander Co. (black oval backstamp), with red London "Paid, CT, 30 NO 30, 1849" cds and matching "5/Cents" credit handstamp to U.S., carried by Cunard Line Hibernia from Liverpool Dec. 1st to New York arriving Dec. 18th, New York red "Br. Packet, Paid 24, 18 Dec" integral cds, Very Fine and scarce origin, ex-Hegland.
Estimate; $400 - 600. (Image1)		 Est. $400-600
SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction
1339       image1849 (Sep. 18) Halifax, Nova Scotia to New York N.Y. Folded letter with red "Halifax, Paid, Sep 18, 1849" postmark with red manuscript "1/-" shilling prepaid rating, carried as endorsed by Cunard Line Cambria departing Sep. 19th to New York where circled "5" due rating handstamp struck, Very Fine, ex-Winter.
Estimate; $150 - 200.

Letters from Nova Scotia by Cunard Line steamers required prepayment of 1s packet rate. Effective Sep. 20th 1849 (the day after this cover left Halifax), the Nova Scotia packet rate to the U.S. was reduced to 4 pence sterling or 4½d currency. (Image1)		 Est. $150-200
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
1340       image1849 (Oct. 30) Pittsburgh Pa. to Necharsulm, Wurttemberg. Folded letter with red "Pittsburgh Pa. Oct 30" cds with matching "Paid" and "10" rating handstamp, carried by Cunard Line Europa from Boston Nov. 7th to Liverpool arriving Nov. 18th, red London (11.19) backstamp and matching "Colonies &c. Art. 13" framed accountancy handstamp, red Heilbronn (11.23) backstamp, red manuscript "38/4" rating totaled with red crayon "42" kr. due rating, additional manuscript "80/4/2fl5" rating at left, Very Fine and attractive use.
Estimate; $200 - 300.

According to Winter, the manuscript "80/4/2fl5" probably adds up a number of other letters paid for at the same time maybe to the same village. They probably mean 80kr., 5kr., and 42kr. for this letter, all adding up to a total of 2 gulden (florin) 5kr. or 125 kr., which was collected. This accounting for multiple letters is not usually seen on other Wurttemberg mail. (Image1)		 Est. $200-300
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction

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