| JULY 22,
1871: 30c black (#143), tied by single strike of duplex cancel on folded
letter, dated BOSTON JU 22 MASS., Storer forwarder and "Via San Francisco"
on front, HONG KONG SP 2 71 transit on reverse.
30c was
the triple rate (10c) payment on an American packet via San Francisco.
The actual 30c rate did not begin until 3/72.
The letter
refers to the trans-Atlantic cable with a cost of $1 per word to England
and the riot in New York between Protestants and "Romanists" on the
occasion of the "Orange" Parade.
THE ONLY
EXAMPLE OF A TRIPLE RATE
AND THE
ONLY OTHER WESTERN ROUTING
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