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Sale 81: The Sescal Sale

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Transatlantic Mails - Balance Lots

Lot 396    

1849-1870 Transatlantic Mails, collection of 94 covers on exhibit pages with majority carried by Cunard Line steamers, better includes two carried on first eastbound voyage under the 1848 treaty by Cunard Line Niagara: 1849 (Feb. 9) New Orleans to London and 1849 (Feb. 19) New York to France; 1849 Malaga, Spain to Boston by Caledonia; 1853 Montevideo, Uruguay to Baltimore carried by Great Western and America; 1850 Calcutta to Boston, 1852 Boston to Canton, China with "Paid 60" rating handstamp; 1852 Boston to France with "British / Packet" two-line handstamp; 1854 Portland Me. to Spain at the 41¢ British mail rate; 1855 San Francisco Cal. to France by SS Uncle Sam via Nicaragua; 1856 Penang, Malaysia to South Reading Mass.; 1856 Russia to Washington D.C. with Boston "60" rating handstamp; 1856 France to New York with "New York Post Office, Advertised" oval, 1859 Boston to Calcutta, etc.; some faults, F.-V.F.
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.

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Realized: $2,100

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