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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United States 1828 Philadelphia to Paris France Stampless Transatlantic Letter SFL
Stampless folded letter, with contents datelined Philadelphia, multiple manuscript rate markings, handstamped PAID and postmarked with red PHIL c.d.s. (8 Dec), to Faubourg St. Germain, Paris, struck with red "COLONIES / PAR LE HAVRE", neatly-struck red Janvier 12 arrival backstamp, partially missing due to tear surrounding wax seal, otherwise fine and quite attractive.
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United States 1830 New York to Bordeaux France via Philadelphia Stampless Letter SFL
Stampless folded letter, datelined New York, Dec 5th, PHIL c.d.s. in red (9 December), matching red PAID straight-line, rated "25" and "10" in manuscript, to Bordeaux, France, endorsed "per Packet for France", struck with boxed "PER D'OUTRE MER / PAR LE HAVRE", black French arrival backstamp (9 Janv), fresh and fine.
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