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Sale 92: The Summer Sale

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The Collins Line

Lot 964    

(TransA - Collins) "Nashville" Eastbound Voyage, 1855 (Mar. 17) Canandaigua N.Y. to Dumfries-shire, Scotland, orange buff cover with red "Canandaigua, N.Y. Mar 17" cds and matching "Paid" and "24" rating handstamps, New York red "3" credit to G.B. handstamp, carried for Collins Line by Nashville from New York May 21st to Liverpool arriving Apr. 3rd, red "Paid In America, Liverpool, 3 AP 55" tombstone entry datestamp; reverse with Carlisle (4.3) and partial Dumfries-shire (4.4) arrival cds.

1855 (Mar. 21) New York N.Y. to Liverpool, England, gray folded letter with red "New-York, Am. Packet, Mar 21" exchange cds and pencil "21" prepaid rating, carried as endorsed for Collins Line by Nashville from New York May 21st to Liverpool arriving Apr. 3rd, London (4.4.) backstamp transit, Paris (4.5) entry cds and black "8" décimes due handstamp; light horizontal fold toning, Very Fine pair of covers carried on the eastbound voyage.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

"Nashville" was chartered for a single voyage in place of the "Pacific", which had been lost at sea in late January.

Realized: $425

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