Lot
194 
1845 (Jan. 19) New Orleans, La to Paris, France via Boston, folded letter carried out of mails to Boston, red "Forwd. by T.W. Ward, Boston" forwarders oval with matching "Pr Cambria" directional h.s., carried by Cunard Line Cambria from Boston Feb. 1 to Liverpool arriving Feb. 13, boxed "Packet Letter" h.s., red London (2.14) backstamp with matching "Colonies/&c.Art.12" accounting h.s., red Boulogne (2.16) entry cds with manuscript "15" decimes due rating, Very Fine, a scarce T.W. Ward ship name handstamp use. Estimate $200 - 300.
Boxed "Packet Letter" handstamp applied at Foreign Office in London, but served no purpose since April 1843 Anglo-French Treaty exchange rates of transit letters through U.K. were the same for incoming letters by private ship or packet.
Realized: $450