Winter 2025 Sale

Red "MAIL ROUTE" on folded letter datelined May 3, 1829 to New York. Manuscript "Consignee" and "per Hannibal."
The Mail Route fiction did not affect letters that would have traveled free of postage and the ship fee under the old system. This letter was carried on the non-contract ship "Hannibal" and was Free as a Consignee letter.

Estimate $200.00 - $400.00