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1839-1848 Transatlantic Mail - Pre U.S.-G.B. Treaty & Pioneer Steamships, collection of 63 covers on exhibit pages including better with most carried by Cunard Line steamers, 1839 Liverpool to Boston carried by Liverpool; 1840 Liverpool to New York by Acadia; 1840 Liverpool to New York 1¾ oz. quintuple rate by Britannia; 1841 Liverpool to Cambridge Ms. by Columbia on her maiden voyage; 1841 Mexico City Mexico to London via New York carried Columbia on her maiden return voyage; 1843 Bremen to Reading Pa. via Caledonia, 1843 and 1847 usages from France to Boston with curved "Foreign Paid" framed and unframed handstamps, 1844 Liverpool to Canada via Boston by Caledonia, ending with 1848 Liverpool to New York carried on last Cunard voyage to the U.S. before retaliatory rate period, etc., F.-V.F., a wonderful collection. Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
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Realized: $3,250