Sale 1223 — U.S. Postal History and U.S. Gold Coins

Sale Date — Thursday-Friday, 4-5 June, 2020

Category — Transatlantic Stampless, Ship Mail

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
8028
c
Sale 1223, Lot 8028, Transatlantic Stampless, Ship Mail(Sherbrooke, Canada, to London, 1840) Freight Money Letter, "SHIP PAID" Straightline Handstamp. Red "Lennoxville L-C" rimless handstamp with manuscript "Mar. 12, 1840" on folded cover from Sherbrooke to London, manuscript "Pd to Liverpool" and "Paid 4-1/2" in the same hand (applied at Lennoxville), red "PAID" and "SHIP PAID" straightline handstamps with "18-3/4 [+] 12-1/2 freight money fee [=] 3/1-1/2" rate computation, red "Derby Line Vt." oval handstamp with manuscript "March 13, 1840" date, "LiverpoolShip Letter" backstamp and "8" ship rate, red receiving backstamp (Apr. 23), Very Fine, a beautiful and scarce freight money cover from Canada with an extremely rare strike of the "SHIP PAID" straightline, ex Hahn

E. 200-300
425