Lot
1252 
(Retaliatory Rate) 1848 (Sep. 3) New Orleans, La. to Amsterdam, folded cover with New Orleans Sep. 3 cds and matching "Paid" with "34" rating handstamp, red London (9.26) transit backstamp with manuscript "1/8" debit rating to Holland, rare "Eng. Corresp./Over ' Hage" two-line transit handstamp, "120" Dutch cents due rating; small bit of address redrawn, otherwise Very Fine. Estimate $200 - 300.
During the winter months ice sometimes prevented the British mail vessels going to Rotterdam and they landed mail at Scheveningen, the port serving The Hague.
Realized: $160