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Sale 27: The Autumn Sale

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U.S. Transatlantic Mail - Freight Money & Pioneer Steamers

Lot 6    

(Freight Money) Philadelphia, Pa. to London, England. 1839 folded letter with blue "Philadelphia Pa Feb 12" cds & matching framed "Paid" handstamp, pencil "50" and black manuscript "50" adjacent, red "New York, Feb 13" transit cds, "4/9" in the middle and endorsed "pr U. States packet of the 13th", Very Fine, the 50¢ rate represents 12½¢ per sheet of paper for 2 sheets in the 80-150 miles zone and 12½¢ per sheet for freight money via sailing ship, the total postage paid for both U.S. and G.B. was $1.68, a whopping sum in 1839.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $500

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