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VERY FINE WAR OF 1812 LETTER SENT VIA CARTEL SHIP WITH THAT DESIGNATION EXPLICITLY MARKED.
War of 1812 Cartels were ships carrying prisoners or official correspondence (and some mail) under flag-of-truce, and were therefore exempt from capture by naval ships or privateers. Cartel exemptions were formalized in the May 14, 1813 Barclay-Mason agreement. It is very unusual to find a cover with the explicit Cartel designation (Image)
VERY FINE WAR OF 1812 FLAG-OF-TRUCE LETTER SENT VIA CARTEL SHIP WITH THAT DESIGNATION EXPLICITLY MARKED.
War of 1812 Cartels were ships carrying prisoners or official correspondence (and some mail) under flag-of-truce, and were therefore exempt from capture by naval ships or privateers. For six months, Falmouth packets entered and left New York under a flag-of-truce. This was the first eastbound packet sent under flag-of-truce. Subsequently, from February 1813 to February 1815, Falmouth packets went to Halifax or Bermuda and avoided New York. It is also very unusual to find a cover with the explicit Cartel designation (Image)