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Sale 50: United States Postal History

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Transatlantic Mail to France (1856 to 1874)

Lot 217    

1860 (Jun. 1) New York, N.Y. to Havre, France, folded cover with "New York '12' Jun 2" exchange debit cds, carried by North Atlantic S.S. Co. Adriatic from New York Jun. 2 to Havre arriving Jun. 12, Havre (6.12) entry cds with "8" due h.s., Very Fine.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Letter carried on 2nd of only five round voyages of Adriatic (formerly of the Collins Line) for the short-lived North Atlantic Steamship Company, which carried contract mails on only six round voyages from New York to Havre via Southampton in 1860.

Realized: $400

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