| AUGUST
21, 1860: 30c orange, 3c red (#38, #11), tied by two strikes of Boston
PAID on folded letter bearing red NEW YORK SEP 28 AM. PKT. (one month to
write letter) and HONG KONG DE 10 60 transits on reverse, red LONDON
PAID c.d.s. along with red ms. “1d”, “12” (U.S. packet credit) and “By
way of Southampton” on front.
33c was
the single rate via Southampton. The cover departed New York September
29 on the Inman Liner “KANGAROO"
The letter
refers to the tobacco monopoly in Manila and the upcoming Presidential
election. (The writer will not vote for Lincoln).
THE FINER
OF THE TWO KNOWN 30c FRANKINGS
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