Lot 1501
"Great Britain" Final Voyage, Liverpool July 7th - New York July 21st 1846, folded July 3rd folded letter from Liverpool to Boston endorsed "pr. G' Britain", prepaid ship fee in Liverpool indicated by red manuscript "8" rating, red "New York 'Ship 7cts' " cds for 5¢ inland postage plus 2¢ ship fee; light vertical file fold, clean and Very Fine, ex-Winter, J. Pullin.Estimate $300 - 400.
Letter carried on the fourth and last voyage of the "Great Britain" to New York before she ran hard aground on the sandy beach of Dundrum Bay near Belfast in September 1846.
Realized: $160