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The Steven Walske Collection of North American Blockade Run Mail continued...

War of 1812, Pre-Blockade and Cartel continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
2380 c ImageLondon to Providence R.I. via Lisbon, Portugal, 1813. Folded letter datelined London Feb. 23, 1813, forwarded to Lisbon with manuscript forwarding notation dated Mar. 12, 1813, carried by licensed ship to Boston, arriving Apr. 23 with red Boston circular datestamp and "SHIP" straightline, rated 32c to Providence for triple 10c plus 2c ship fee, minor edgewear and file fold, Very Fine, the British issued round-trip licenses to some ships carrying vital supplies to Wellington's Army on the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars (Image)

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E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction
2381 c ImageCharleston S.C. to Devon, England via Bordeaux, France, 1813, Prisoner-of-War Cartel. Folded letter datelined at Charleston on Mar. 1, 1813, addressed to Captain Joseph W. Clark of the American privateer Charlotte, care of a forwarder in Bordeaux, ran the British blockade of Napoleonic Europe to reach Bordeaux, then forwarded via prisoner-of-war cartel to Devon, England, where the captain was on parole, July 20 London backstamp and bold strike of "Transport Office Prisoners of War" with crown in oval handstamp, red censor marking "Appd Ct", rated "1/-" shilling due

VERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE WAR OF 1812 PRISONER LETTER, SENT THROUGH THE BRITISH EUROPEAN BLOCKADE TO FRANCE AND THEN BY PRISONER-OF-WAR CARTEL TO ENGLAND WITH THE "TRANSPORT OFFICE PRISONERS OF WAR" MARKING.

The contents of the letter reference the significantly increased British forces, particularly in the Chesapeake Bay and New York. Transatlantic ships during this period had to not only run the gauntlet of British ships off North America, but also the British blockade of Napoleonic Europe (Image)

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E. $ 4,000-5,000

SOLD for $2,800.00
Will close during Public Auction
2382 c ImageParis to Boston, 1813. Folded letter datelined at Paris on Aug. 19, 1813, addressed to Boston, passed through the British blockade of Napoleonic Europe by trading ship and arrived at Portsmouth with red "Portsmouth N.H. Nov. 30" oval datestamp, two strikes of red "SHIP" straightline and "12" cents due for 10c plus 2c ship fee, Very Fine (Image)

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E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
2383 c ImageLiverpool to Providence R.I., 1813. Folded letter datelined at Liverpool May 13, 1813, endorsed "p Holland" and carried by trading ship which arrived Portland Me. with "Portland ME July" circular datestamp without date, rated "Sh 36" for double the 17c plus 2c ship fee, manuscript "July 8" receipt docketing, Very Fine (Image)

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E. $ 300-400

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
2384 c ImageLondon to Providence R.I., 1813, Privateer Captured Ship Letter. Folded letter datelined London May 17, 1813, manuscript "Forwd P Hughes Duncan Liverpool 25 May 1813", endorsed at bottom in red ink by forwarder for carriage on the American ship St. Lawrence, which departed Liverpool May 30 for Newport R.I. and was captured en route by the Salem Mass. privateer America and taken to Portsmouth N.H., light strike of Portsmouth Aug. 3 oval datestamp struck when the letter was released to Providence, "27" cents rate for double 12-1/2c rate plus 2c ship fee, Aug. 6 receipt docketing, Very Fine, the 22-gun privateer America captured 31 prizes from January 1813 to the end of the war, many in the English Channel, making her one of the most successful privateer ships of the war, she sent her prizes back to New England ports (Image)

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E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
2385 c ImageGlasgow, Scotland to Baltimore, 1812. Folded letter datelined Apr. 23, 1812, "Paid at Glasgow" oval and Glasgow three-line datestamp, addressed to Baltimore Md., red "P 2/7" rate, carried on Falmouth packet Alfred, arriving New York Jul. 13, Very Fine pre-blockade War of 1812 cover, sent before the war began and arriving after it commenced (Image)

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E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $190.00
Will close during Public Auction
2386 c Image"H.B.M. Ship Lightning at Sea 15th Sept. 1812". Dateline on folded letter to Baltimore Md., no origination postmark, bootlegged into Philadelphia where struck with red "Phi 25 OC" (letter carrier) circular datestamp, some edge toning, Very Fine appearing pre-blockade cover, accompanied by transcript of letter from a brother to his sister with lamentations about the war interrupting their correspondence (Image)

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E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction

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