Lot
1048 
(Atlantic Mails - RMSP Mobile) 1849 (Apr. 19) New Orleans La. to Carlisle, England via Mobile, datelined blue folded letter with "New Orleans La. Apr 19" cds and matching "Paid" and "5" rating handstamps to Mobile as endorsed, carried by RMSP Thames from Mobile Apr. 21st to Bermuda arriving May 4th, then by RMSP Conway from Bermuda May 7th to Southampton arriving May 22nd, red London (5.23) transit backstamp with manuscript "1/-" 1s due rating, blue Carlisle (5.23) arrival backstamp, remailed to Lancashire with additional "1/-" 1s rating, Very Fine. Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
A REMARKABLE TRANSATLANTIC USE VIA THE RMSP MOBILE PACKET TO GREAT BRITAIN.
Reference: United States Incoming Steamship Mail 1847-1875, Second Edition, Wierenga, illustrated and discussed on p. 130, fig. 175.
Realized: $1,000