| JANUARY
14, 1868: 30c orange, 12c black (#71, #69), tied by two strikes of
segmented cork cancels on folded letter bearing red BOSTON BR.PKT. JAN
18 PAID, Storer forwarder, "32" (British packet credit), LONDON PAID 27
JA 68 and "Via Marseilles" on front, HONG KONG MR 10. 68 transit on reverse.
42c was
the single rate via Marseilles. The letter departed New York on the North
German Liner "AMERICA ".
The letter
refers to general business malaise, Christmas presents, reinstatement of
Sec. Stanton and further on the Johnson "impeachment". |
