Patriotic sent from overseas are very scarce. This cover was sent from Hong Kong on September 11, 1861 via various P&O steamers to Marseilles, and from there to Liverpool where it took the Cunard steamer Niagara to Boston. It arrived on November 16, 1861 and was rated 45c as a 0-1/2 oz. letter sent by […]
From the Goddard correspondence, this 1/2 – 3/4 oz. letter was sent from Nathaniel Goddard in Boston to his brother Benjamin in Calcutta. Sent by British Open Mail on an American packet, it was prepaid 42c in stamps to prepay the inland (2x5c) and sea post (2x16c). The North Atlantic Steamship Co. steamer Adriatic left […]
