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Auction: 19010 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2420

Great Britain
Postal History
1809 (4 Dec.) entire letter from Duanesburgh to Scarborough, endorsed Postage paid to NYork/By the Packet and with a clear strike of the blue-green "america/3 fe 3/1810/f" arrival marking, the entire letter with poignant contents referring to the Niagara Falls and the pitiful loss of the writer's baby daughter ... "The little sweet darling was so beautifully formed, and such large jet black eyes..."; vertical filing folds and strengthened along the folds, fine. Photo

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Estimate
£250 to £300