New addition to the exhibit! Sorry, no scan of verso available yet, but I can tell you it has a Roma via di Mare marking.
Nice double 27 cent rate via French mail from US to Rome. I will very much enjoy writing this one up.
Rob
New addition to the exhibit! Sorry, no scan of verso available yet, but I can tell you it has a Roma via di Mare marking.
Nice double 27 cent rate via French mail from US to Rome. I will very much enjoy writing this one up.
Rob
Hello Rob
A little beauty! Was that 3 cents for the US post and 48 cents für foreign postal administrations? So it was a simple letter for the US and GB, but a double letter one for the French, right?
Hello,
This is quite possible because in France the weight progression was 7.5 g. at this time.
Hallo,
das ist durchaus möglich, da in Frankreich die Gewichtsprogression zu dieser Zeit bei 7,5 g lag.
Have a great day / Schönen Tag
Martin
Ralph and Martin,
Six cents are kept by the US for surface postage (2 times 3 cents). 48 cents are passed on to cover the British trans-Atlantic contract, the transit across the channel and the French mail transit. I suspect I will find it was a French steamer from Marseilles that gets it to Civitivecchia and then Rome. I'll try to get a full write up on here as a follow up post.
Rob
Here is the front and the back of this item. I realized I never did follow up and share more.
Route information is below:
Boston PAID (1862)
“Steamer Africa, March 26th via New York & Liverpool”
New York (Mar 26)
Cunard Africa
Queenstown (Apr 6)
Etats Unis Serv Br A.C. Apr 8
Paris Apr 8 (verso)
Roma via di Mare (verso)
“recd April 14th" (docket)
I have not yet figured out the steamship that took this to Rome. So, if someone has information on that, I would appreciate it.
Best,
Rob