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Ship Letters Because private ships did not maintain regular schedules, unless the ship is identifie
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(x) Ship Letters
Because private ships did not maintain regular schedules, unless the ship is identified on the cover it is very difficult to determine what vessel carried a particular letter. The Bermuda Royal Gazette recorded the appropriate shipping news often permitting the ship's identification
Ship Letters
1852 (22 Jan.) entire letter per "Bark Eliza Barss" via New York to New Haven, Connecticut and showing fine "new york/ship/7 cts" datestamp (2c. ship rate + 5c. internal postage). A very early cover carried on the Eliza Barss, that was registered in 1852, and accompanied by an 1867 Bill of Lading for a trip from New York to Bermuda
Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Because private ships did not maintain regular schedules, unless the ship is identified on the cover it is very difficult to determine what vessel carried a particular letter. The Bermuda Royal Gazette recorded the appropriate shipping news often permitting the ship's identification
Ship Letters
1852 (22 Jan.) entire letter per "Bark Eliza Barss" via New York to New Haven, Connecticut and showing fine "new york/ship/7 cts" datestamp (2c. ship rate + 5c. internal postage). A very early cover carried on the Eliza Barss, that was registered in 1852, and accompanied by an 1867 Bill of Lading for a trip from New York to Bermuda
Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
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(x) Ship Letters
Because private ships did not maintain regular schedules, unless the ship is identified on the cover it is very difficult to determine what vessel carried a particular letter. The Bermuda Royal Gazette recorded the appropriate shipping news often permitting the ship's identification
Ship Letters
1852 (22 Jan.) entire letter per "Bark Eliza Barss" via New York to New Haven, Connecticut and showing fine "new york/ship/7 cts" datestamp (2c. ship rate + 5c. internal postage). A very early cover carried on the Eliza Barss, that was registered in 1852, and accompanied by an 1867 Bill of Lading for a trip from New York to Bermuda
Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Because private ships did not maintain regular schedules, unless the ship is identified on the cover it is very difficult to determine what vessel carried a particular letter. The Bermuda Royal Gazette recorded the appropriate shipping news often permitting the ship's identification
Ship Letters
1852 (22 Jan.) entire letter per "Bark Eliza Barss" via New York to New Haven, Connecticut and showing fine "new york/ship/7 cts" datestamp (2c. ship rate + 5c. internal postage). A very early cover carried on the Eliza Barss, that was registered in 1852, and accompanied by an 1867 Bill of Lading for a trip from New York to Bermuda
Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Bermuda, Crossroads of the Atlantic: A Postal History from 1617 to 1877 - The David Pitts Collectio
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