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Auction: 17025 - Bermuda, Crossroads of the Atlantic: A Postal History from 1617 to 1877 - The David Pitts Collection
Lot: 62

(x) Ship Letters
Because private ships did not maintain regular schedules, unless the ship is identified on the cover it is very difficult to determine what vessel carried a particular letter. The Bermuda Royal Gazette recorded the appropriate shipping news often permitting the ship's identification
Ship Letters
1873? (5 Sept.) double rate envelope from Covington, La, via Middleton & Co., New York, on the Eliza Barss to Bermuda, bearing 3c. green vertical pair (one with small faults at left) sharing double strike target obliterator and with despatch datestamp alongside, manuscript "2" ship fee in blue crayon below, fine "forwarded by/middleton & co./new york." cachet on reverse. A very rare double weight Convention cover. Also a photo of the vessel. Photo

Note: The new 2¢ Convention rate was per letter, not per ounce; thus 3¢ internal US postage x 2+ 6¢ + 2¢ ship fee

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