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Auction 35

Lot 32

Foreign Mail, 6 stampless folded letters, 1821-68, including 1821, Hamburg Germany to Providence, R.I. via London (forwarded by Thos. Dickinson & Co.), with Boston and SHIP postmarks, "22" rate mark; 1840, St. Petersburg Russia to Germantown, Pa., with New York transit cancel, an interesting diplomatic pouch letter; 1840, French Foreign Ministry to the US Chargé d'Affaires in St. Petersburg Russia, a diplomatic pouch cover, with red seal on the reverse; 1851, London England to Philadelphia, marked "per Africa", with New York receiver; 1851, Paris France to New York, marked "per Africa via Liverpool", with detailed 4 page letter included; and 1866, New York to Havre France, marked "per Asia", with "16" (decimes) French due mark, lengthy letter enclosed (en français, naturellement), Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300.

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