| DECEMBER
12, 1862: 30c orange, 24c red lilac, 3c rose (#71,#70, #65), tied by
two strikes of Boston PAID on folded letter bearing red BOSTON AM.PKT.
DEC 13 PAID, Hong Kong transit and large MANILA 15 FEB 1863 ISs. FILIPs.
receiver on reverse, red LONDON DE 24 62 PAID c.d.s., along with “26” (U.S.
packet credit marking), “id”, “2” blue ROBT B. STORER - BOSTON forwarder
and “Via Marseilles” on front.
57c was
the single rate via Marseilles when calculated on the 1/2oz basis. The
rate lasted only 19 months. The cover departed New York December 13 on
the Inman Liner “CITY OF MANCHESTER".
The letter
refers to more war news, bombardment of Fredericksburg, the Southern “Pirate”
ship Alabama, the construction of monitors, etc.
A LOVELY
THREE-COLOR FRANKING
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