Lot 1027
(Atlantic Lines - Cuba) 1849 (Oct. 6) Matanzas, Cuba to Portland Me. via New York, datelined gray folded letter carried as endorsed by US Mail S.S. Co. Ohio from Havana Oct. 7th to New York arriving Oct. 13th, red "New-York, Ship, Oct 14" cds and matching "12½" in circle due handstamp, Very Fine, Carried on the Maiden Return Voyage of the U.S. Mail Steamship Co. Ohio, ex-Wierenga.Estimate $300 - 400.
"Ohio" sailed on her first voyage from New York Sep. 20th 1849 to Havana arriving Sep. 27th and New Orleans on Sep. 30th. She left New Orleans on Oct. 4th, returned to Havana on Oct. 7th and on to New York on Oct. 13th. "Ohio" ran on the New York/Havana/New Orleans branch of the mail route during her first year of service. The 12½¢ steamship rate was established by the first U.S.-Cuba treaty.
Reference: United States Incoming Steamship Mail 1847-1875, Second Edition, Wierenga, illustrated and discussed on pp. 44-46, fig. 58.
Realized: $210