| DECEMBER
20, 1864: 30c orange, 10c yellow green, 5c brown (#38, #68, #75), tied
by two strikes of 4-lined cork cancels on folded letter bearing red BOSTON.BR.PKT.
DEC 21 40 (the "40" being the British packet credit), Storer forwarder,
"2", LONDON JA 3 65 PAID and "Via Southampton" on front, Boston Pkt.
Paid, Hong Kong transit and small MANILA 28 FEB 65 receiver on reverse.
Another
45c single rate via Southampton cover. The cover departed Boston (first
example in this correspondence) on December 22 on the Cunarder "CANADA."
Contents
refer to the booming kerosene market, Sherman's march, General Thomas at
Nashville and the new draft. |
