Turkey Italy 1765 Smyrna Naples DISINFECTED Forwarded Stampless FL GERMANIA
Stampless folded letter, datelined Smyrna (Sep 6), to Luca d'Oria, the Conte di Capaccio in Naples, with forwarding agent endorsement of Hibsch & Timoni of Constantinople (16.9), carried on the Austrian route to Vienna where it was received and forwarded by Gio. Henry Stammetz to Naples, struck with straight-line "Germania" in red, discoloration to portion of front from disinfection en route, a scarce twice-forwarded letter, attractive.
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United States 1805 Philadelphia to London Ship Letter Liverpool Crown Stampless FL
Stampless folded letter, with commercial contents, datelined Philadelphia, "8 mo 15", rated 3/6 in black, to London, struck with fair red crown oval SHIP LETTER LIVERPOOL, with partial red c.d.s. arrival backstamp (Oct 16), light filing folds, else a fine example.
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United States 1811 New York to Madeira via Philadelphia Forwarding Agent Stampless FL
Stampless folded letter, with contents datelined New York, 28 February, 1811, the sender expressing concerns about grain shipments, noting "we have not been able to procure corn as we had hoped we should…not a thousand bushels could be foun on the Jerseys or on Long Island…", to Madeira, endorsed "via Philadelphia / Brig Fanny", with forwarding agent endorsement on reverse from the firm of David & Lawrence Lewis, filing fold, yet a remarkably fresh transatlantic cover.
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United States 1822 Philadelphia to Netherlands London Forwarding Agent Stampless SFL
Stampless folded letter, with contents datelined "Duplicate / orig. for ocean via Hamburg", Philadelphia, October 19th, 1822, rated "10" in black, to Schiedam, Holland, endorsed (and subsequently crossed-out) "per Unicorn / via Liverpool", forwarding agent endorsement from the firm of Bainbridge & Brown of London, with c..s. transit backstamps, fine.
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United States 1824 Philadelphia to Netherlands via Liverpool Stampless Forwarding Text
Stampless folded letter, rated "25" in red, endorsed "Paid to New York" and handstamped PAID, multiple further rate/accountancy marks in red and black, to Schiedam, Holland, postmarked LIVERPOOL / NO. 4 / 1824 / 206, with detailed forwaring instructions in Dutch on reverse, boxed "SHIP LETTER / LIVERPOOL" and neatly-struck red oval "PAID / AT / LIVERPOOL", light filing folds, fine and unusual.
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United States 1825 Philadelphia to London Via Cortes Ship Letter Liverpool Stampless Cover
Stampless folded cover, rated "12" and "3/2", handstamped PAID in red and postmarked with PHIL (7 Sep) c.d.s., to London, endorsed "per Ship Cortes", backstamped with neatly-struck SHIP LETTER / LIVERPOOL in black, red c.d.s. receiver (5 Oct), pressed filing folds, else a lovely cover with quality strikes.
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