1852, 1¢ blue, type IV. Horizontal pair used with 3¢ dull red (11), tied by black grid cancels on folded letter sheet from New Orleans to France. Rated 5 cents for the Br. Packet Open Mail Rate. Manuscript "British Royal Mail"

Red Philadelphia,Pa/Paid/Jan 27, 1859 cds.
10 Feve 60/11 Feve 60/16 Feb 60 arrival stamps.

Manuscript “Poste restante”, which is a term used by the post office where the mail was kept and held for an agreed period until collected by the addressee.

Unlikely that it took a year in transit, with Phil cds Likely in error.

Louisville KY to France

Datelined New Orleans 2 January 1861. Red Jan 8 New York 12 cds and black 22 Jan 1861 arrival handstamp with red framed "P.D." Manuscript "Steam Ship"

Red Jan 12 Boston paid 12 cds with oange Calias 25 Jan 64 arrival handstamp and red framed "P.D." Manuscript No 36"

Red Jan 12 Boston Paid 12 cds with manuscript "Via Liverpool Steamship." Black Boston Packet handstamp on reverse.

Red August New York 12 cds. Calais 27 Oct 1861 arrival datestamp with matching framed "P.D."

10c Type III, Strip of 3, on folded cover to Germany with red
Red N. York cds, and blue Prern & Co New Orleans oval handstamp. Various handstamps. Very rare.

Red Chicago AM.PKT.3 PAID and PAID AM MR 2660 LONDON.

Manuscript "via New York" and "Per Steamer Oct 20"
Boston Br. Pkt cds
London paid cds
Liverpool cds

24c Gray Lilac on cover to England. Black Rhode Island Feb 11 1861 cds with a clear strike of a red "19" credit handstamp.

38 vg to Berlin w/New York Am Pkt Paid 7 cds Aachen Franco (box). To Berlin, Prussia.

3c Rose block of 10, manuscript canceled on back of cover to Pontefract, England. Manuscript "Gillespie (Ill), Jul 18. Red arced 3/CENTS. hs PONTEFRACT AV 2 64 cds on front and struck 10 times on block (ties). Over paid use per Allan Line "Peruvian".

Calais 24 May, 1864 arrival datestamp, matching framed "P.D." Manuscript "Steamer May 11th" and "No. 52"

#68/73/114 tied to cover w/bullseye from South Hadley, Mass (1899 cds) to Erie, France via Greenstrom. New York Paid 6 cds. negative red PD in box. Calais receiving cds (dated 1869).

#68/114/113 tied to front w/bullseye from South Hadley, Mass (dcds) via New York Paid 6(cds) to France w/Calais receiving cds. P.D. in box.

10c Dark Green on 1868 cover from New Haven, CT to Cheltenham, England. Addressed in renowned English novelist, Charles Dickens', hand to famed English actor, and close friend, W. C. MACREADY.

Not only were the two close friends, but Dickens was also godfather for Macready’s son Henry and Macready was godfather to Dickens’s daughter, Kate Macready Dickens.

This cover with seal, addressed in Dicken's hand is postmarked, New Haven, Ct., March 24, 1868 with "By Cunard from New York Wednesday 25 March 1868" in manuscript in upper left hand corner.

The New Haven postmark reveals that this cover was written during Dicken’s second Reading Tour in the US. On Mar 24, 1868, just one date before this letter was postmarked, Dickens performed at Music Hall, New Haven.

The letter that was accompanied by this cover is featured and transcribed in The Letters of Charles Dickens: Volume 12: 1868-1870, and shares of Dicken’s experience traveling in America.

10c Dark Green and 5c Brown with dobule transfer of top frame line, tied with target on 1864 cover to Bordeaux. Black New Orleans cds. Red New York Paid 12 and French cds. Red PD. French receiving marks on reverse. Manuscript "via Steamer."

#69 pair (F.) ms cancelled, on cover to London. ms South Haven NY pmk (ASCC unlisted). New York Am Pkt 3 cds. London receipt stamp. 1864 docket.

12c Black pair tied to a cover to London. Brewster, Mass Oct 9 cds. Red Boston BR. Pkt. 19 Paid 10 Oct cds. Red London 22 Oc 66 receiving stamp. F-VF.

1861 24c Red lilac tied by red Oct 14 Newark, NJ PAID cds on cover to London, England with red New York AM Packet cds and red London 1864 cds.

24c Red Lilac tied to small cover to Belfast, Ireland with black 6 piece pie cork stamp and red Boston BR. PKT 19 PAID cds. Scott unlisted on cover. Belfast receipt stamp, Aug 23 67.

1866 15c black, tied to 1867 cover to Pariswith black grid and red 32 mm Andover, Mass (color, size, "MASS" not listed) and 25 mm Boston Am Pkt 3 paid cds. Red boxed PD and red Havre octagon stramps.

New York REG'Y Dive 1890 cds