Winter 2025 Sale

Red "New York Mar 2" cds with red "MAIL ROUTE" marking. Manuscript "18 3/4" on 1829 folded letter to Philadelphia.
Folded letter datelined "New Orleans January the 26th 1829" relating to a shipment of 530 bales of cotton.
Carried on "Brig Nereus" to New York. Placed in regular closed bag mail and rated "18 3/4" for 150-400 miles.
Under an interpretation of the Mail Route fiction, no 2 cent ship fee was paid because the ship was deemed to have carried the mail under an "implied contract" with the post office department.

Estimate $200.00 - $400.00