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Lot #: 3064
Red New York cds with red "SHIP" straightline on folded letter to New Jersey with manuscript "8" and "Ship Virginia." This letter carried from New Orleans to Rahway, NJ via New York City which is rated under the old system for the distance from New York City to Rahway (6e for not over 30 miles + 2¢ ship fee) without regard to the 103 miles traveled down the Mississippi River and across Long Island Sound to New York. This was carried on the Ship Virginia in 1825 before the "Mail Route" fiction was created.
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Estimate:
$500
Category:
US Stampless, Mail Route Anomaly
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