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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | February 21, 1848 |
| From City | Wilmington & Raleigh RR |
| From State | RR |
| To City | Gand |
| To State | Belgium |
| Addressee | J. De Coster |
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| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 2 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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North Carolina Postal History Society website
Chronicle 55
A letter posted in Charleston, South Carolina, on February 21, 1848, addressed to Gand, Belgium, and endorsed to the steamer Hibernia. The inland rate from Charleston to New York, a distance of over 300 miles, was ten cents, which was prepaid by use of a pair of five cent stamps of the 1847 issue. The letter was conveyed by the Cunard steamer Hibernia, which sailed from New York on February 26, and arrived in Liverpool on March 11, 1848. Since Liverpool was not an exchange office for Anglo-Belgian mail this letter was sent directly to the London or Dover office, probably the foreign office at Lombard Street. London. The back of the cover is not shown, but it should bear a British exchange office marking showing a date of March 11 or 12. The British exchange office debited Belgium with one shilling, eight pence, which is indicated by the manuscript -Y8 on the face at right. The letter was then forwarded to either the Ostend or the Antwerp office, which marked it for a collection in Belgium of 24 decimes. This is shown by the manuscript marking in blue which looks something like 9N, but is the way the Belgians and the French wrote 24. One shilling, eight pence, of course, was equal to 20 pence, or 20 decimes, to which was added 4 decimes for Belgian inland postage.
Alexander listed as 2/21/48
Images courtesy of Tony Crumbley (forwarded by Richard F. Winter). Thanks to both.
NCPHS Postal Historian, Winter 2009, Whole No. 105, p. 12, Fig 6
Chronicle 55
A letter posted in Charleston, South Carolina, on February 21, 1848, addressed to Gand, Belgium, and endorsed to the steamer Hibernia. The inland rate from Charleston to New York, a distance of over 300 miles, was ten cents, which was prepaid by use of a pair of five cent stamps of the 1847 issue. The letter was conveyed by the Cunard steamer Hibernia, which sailed from New York on February 26, and arrived in Liverpool on March 11, 1848. Since Liverpool was not an exchange office for Anglo-Belgian mail this letter was sent directly to the London or Dover office, probably the foreign office at Lombard Street. London. The back of the cover is not shown, but it should bear a British exchange office marking showing a date of March 11 or 12. The British exchange office debited Belgium with one shilling, eight pence, which is indicated by the manuscript -Y8 on the face at right. The letter was then forwarded to either the Ostend or the Antwerp office, which marked it for a collection in Belgium of 24 decimes. This is shown by the manuscript marking in blue which looks something like 9N, but is the way the Belgians and the French wrote 24. One shilling, eight pence, of course, was equal to 20 pence, or 20 decimes, to which was added 4 decimes for Belgian inland postage.
Alexander listed as 2/21/48
Images courtesy of Tony Crumbley (forwarded by Richard F. Winter). Thanks to both.
NCPHS Postal Historian, Winter 2009, Whole No. 105, p. 12, Fig 6
