1849. Stampless envelope (small stains) written from Gibraltar dated '16th Jan 1849' addressed to Virginia cancelled by Gibraltar double arc date stamp 'Ja 16' with adjacent 'Gibraltar/Paid' undated circle, rated '4/-æ in m/s and endorsed 'Via Boston or New York on 1st Packet', routed via London and Liverpool 'Ja 25' with 'Boston/Ship/M.S.' in red on face æFeb 12' and charged with hand-struck '22' in red. Scarce item of Trans-Atlantic mail carried on one of the four pre-Treaty voyages of the Trans-Atlantic mails the so called "Restored Rates" period.
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