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The Steven Walske Collection of United States-France Transatlantic Mail continued...

First Packet Sailings
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
508 c ImageNew York to Cognac, France via First American Packet. Red "New-York Jun. 1" circular datestamp with matching "Paid" in arc handstamp on 1847 folded letter to Cognac, France, prepaid 24c (not indicated) and carried on the Washington -- the first Ocean Line sailing for the new American Packet service, departed N.Y. June 1 and arrived Southampton June 15, carried by auxiliary steamer to Le Havre where rated "18" decimes due, including 10 decimes discriminatory sea postage credit to Great Britain, manuscript "W" indicating 10-15 grams weight, clear strike of red "Angleterre Par Le Havre 17 Jun. '47" double-circle arrival datestamp

VERY FINE. A RARE COVER CARRIED ON THE FIRST SAILING OF THE AMERICAN PACKET OCEAN LINE SERVICE AND THE ONLY EXAMPLE RECORDED TO FRANCE FROM THIS SAILING. CHARGED DISCRIMINATORY SEA POSTAGE FOR GREAT BRITAIN DESPITE CARRIAGE BY AMERICAN PACKET -- FORESHADOWING THE "RETALIATORY RATE" PERIOD.

The history of the Retaliatory Rate period is told in the description for lot 515. The so-called Retaliatory Period resulted from Great Britain's effort to maintain its monopoly on transatlantic mail carriage through the subsidized Cunard steamship line, which operated without competition from 1840 through 1846. In response to the emergence of subsidized American Packets in 1847 (the Ocean Line), the British issued an order (effective June 9, 1847) authorizing its receiving offices to collect the usual British Packet postage on letters carried to England by American subsidized steamers. This effectively allowed England to collect 24c packet charges for every inbound letter, whether or not any service had been performed.

The cover offered here is from the first sailing of the new American Packet service, and is the only recorded example from that sailing addressed to France (Image)

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 E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $2,100.00
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509 c ImageNew York to Cognac, France, First Sailing of Collins Line. Folded letter datelined New York Apr. 26, 1850 to Cognac, France, prepaid 21c and carried on the first sailing of the Collins Line steamer Atlantic on Apr. 27, arrived Liverpool May 10, red London transit backstamp, no Article 13 markings struck in Great Britain, red "U.S. Pkt." handstamp, Calais arrival datestamp, treated as an unpaid double-weight letter with "16" decimes due in France, fresh and Very Fine, a choice use with the rare "U.S. Pkt" handstamp on the first American Packet sailing of the Collins Line (Image)

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 E. $ 1,500-2,000

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510 c ImageNew York to Cognac, France, First French Packet Direct. July 15, 1847 datelined folded letter from New York to Cognac, France, ship-name directive "Steamer Union" at top, hand-carried to docks (no U.S. postage paid) and sent via that Herout & Handel Line steamer on its first eastbound voyage on July 24, arrived Le Havre Aug. 7 where mail offloaded, red "Outre-Mer Le Havre 8 Aout '47" double-circle datestamp used only on this first sailing, red manuscript "10" decimes for French Packet service and "18" decimes due for combined packet and inland postage to Cognac, transit and receiving backstamps, fresh and Extremely Fine, this is the only recorded letter to France from this first packet sailing of the Union (Image)

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 E. $ 2,000-3,000

CLOSED
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