Lot 422
1834 Charleston, S.C. To Alsace, France, unpaid folded letter sent by private ship "Ceres", "Havre, 3 Mai" entry cds and "Pays D'Outremre Pay Le Havre" boxed handstamp, manuscript "10" grams weight and rated "19" decimes due with red "1d." in circle handstamp for rural collect, reverse with Soultz transit backstamp, Very Fine.Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $100
Lot 423
1848 Retaliatory Rate, forwarded by Howland & Aspinwall, Rothchild correspondance outer wrapper emanating in Latin America to London during August, 1848 with "24" (American, cents paid) and "1/-" (British due) on face and fine red "Forwarded By/Howland & Aspinwall/New York" in red oval and British receipt of September 15, 1848, Very Fine, a rare Latin America and Forwarder, Retaliatory cover.Estimate $500 - 750.
Lot 424
1848 Retaliatory Rate, from New York to Copenhagen Via Liverpool, debited 1/6d including Danish Postage equaling 21 Hamburg schillinge plus 2 sch added due to Schleswig-Holstein war with Denmark; 23 sch (or 74 Danish skilling, noted on reverse) foreign share, 29sk for Hamburg to Copenhagen, for a total of 103sck due, Very Fine.Estimate $200 - 300.