| APRIL 8,
1870: 6c ultramarine, 1861 30c orange (#115, #71), tied by two strikes
of segmented cork cancels on folded letter bearing red BOSTON APR 9 PAID,
Storer forwarder, "1d", "32" (packet credit), LONDON PAID 19 AP 70 and
"Via Marseilles" on front, "HONG KONG MY 31 70 transit on reverse.
36c was
the short-lived (1/70-11/70) single rate via Marseilles. The letter departed
New York on April 9 on the North German Liner "HANSA ".
The letter
refers to illnesses, the slow Singapore routing
and general
business information.
ONLY TWO
EXAMPLES OF THIS RATE EXIST
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