By: Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc.
lot # 532 - united states postal history transatlantic mails - 1856 to 1877
1856 (Jun. 16) New York N.Y. to Edinburgh, Scotland. Blue folded letter with "N. York Br. Pkt. '10' Jun 17" debit exchange cds, carried by Cunard Line Niagara from Boston Jun. 18th to Liverpool arriving Jun. 29, brown "America, Liverpool, 29 JU, B 56" cds and manuscript "2/-" shilling packet rating, red London (6.30) backstamp; light fold toning, F.-V.F., This is the only recorded example of the America Liverpool cds struck in brown.
Estimate; $150 - 200.
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