January 25, 2024
1830 Beautiful Transatlantic Cross-Border LONDON - NEW YORK - MONTREAL - QUEBEC
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Free Domestic Shipping.This is a folded stampless letter (it's real deal--this is NOT a reproduction) that was taken to the post office by the writer and mailed with a STILL PRESENT letter. You are purchasing BOTH the postal portion and the original letter.ONE of the reasons it is collectible is because of the fact that the local postmaster applied postal markings considered appropriate for the envelope's journey. In addition to being collectable because of the content of the letter, or the writer, or the addressee, it is a collectable item of postal history because of the rates, markings and usage .And in this case--the item travelled in both the U.S. and Canadian postal systems: Across the Borders.An amazing 1830 Beautiful Transatlantic Cross-Border folded letter datelined "London 30th Decr 1830" that went from LONDON to NEW YORK to MONTREAL to QUEBEC.Datelined "London 30th Decr 1830" and addressed to "Mr. James Hunt, Quebec."The sender annotated the obverse, "Per Florida [name of vessel that made the transatlantic crossing] Via New York. The addressee docketed the obverse with the name of the sender and the date of the letter "Newman & Frost & Christopher 30th Decr 1830."This letter was probably in the ship captain's mail--no British postmark. Upon arrival in New York, it was deposited in the mails and the New York postmaster
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