Charleston SC 1841 FREIGHT MONEY transatlantic stampless\'Great Western\' NY to UK
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Charleston SC 1841 FREIGHT MONEY transatlantic stampless\'Great Western\' NY to UK:
$75.00
Stampless Folded letter. BOTH SIDES & contents SHOWN
FREIGHT MONEY transatlantic ship letter Charleston SC April 23 1841
Sent aboard the Steamship Great Western which sailed from New York May 1 1841 and arrived at Bristol May 14
\'Freight money\' ship mail began in 1838 and lasted until 1847. Individual post offices made arrangement with the New York postmaster & private ship agents in New York for the transmission ofpost officepre-paidtransatlantic letters that included the fee charged by private vessels sailing from New York to the United Kingdom. The charge was 25 cents for single rate letters via steamships and 12 1/2cents via sailing ships.
In the United States the arrangement was handled by individual postmasters in a number of major cities/towns, while in Canada the arrangement was overseen by the Deputy postmaster for all of Upper and Lower Canada. Examples of freight money letters exist for many small towns and villages in Canada while in the United States the arrangement was limited to major centers such asPhiladelphia (the first with this arrangement) , Charleston, Baltimore, New Orleans, Auburn NY, Hartford, Norfolk Va, Richmond Va, Portsmouth NH , a just a few others. .
Geo S. Cameron to Alexander Johnston, Greenock N.B. (N.B. as in North Britain = Scotland)
Contains a \'duplicate letter\' of a letter previously sent via the ship Acadia April 9 1841. The other half of the lettersheet which would have had the letter of April 23, is missing (referred to in the receiver\'s docketing on the cover sheet, historically separated for filing orpossibly removed at some point by a collector to make the folded letter less bulky-- an unfortunate practice in the early days of postal history collecting)
This duplicate letter of April 9 refers to previous letters sent by the ship British Queen and Caledonia and refers to a draw of£1,000 for 400 bales of cotton.
Originating postmark: CHARLESTON SC APR 23
PAID 25 25cents for private ship letter fee at new York as endorsedPer \"Great Western\" toleave from New York April 28 1841\'
PAID25 25 cents for USA inland postage (over 400 miles) to New York
8 UK inbound Uniform ship letter due rate in pence sterling (which included inland postage to destination--a new rate effective since Jan 10 1840)
UK handstamp: BRISTOL SHIP LETTER
(All postage for USA postage to New York and the Transatlantic crossing was required be paid in advance. The 8 pence sterling charged upon landing at the UK port to the destination was paid by the receiver of the letter. )
CONDITION NOTES: F-VF filing fold. The interior portion of the double letter sheet is missing which would have contained the April 23 letter.
Folded cover size:5\" x 3 1/2\";unfolded 8\" x 10\"bluish wove, rag/cotton fibre paper
The condition of theletter shouldshow clearly in the images. Please contact the seller if you have any question about the item\'s condition or align=\"center\">Canadian Residents: HST/ GST ischarged extra:(13% HSTin NB, NL, Ontario; 5% in BC; 15% in NS;5% GST in all other regions).
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Packed very carefully, well protected.Canada $1.20
expedited or registered $4.50
USA
$included usps tracked packet
USPS priority $6.
UK Western Europe,please inquire. Contact the seller in order to offer from countries outside USA/Canada
Charleston SC 1841 FREIGHT MONEY transatlantic stampless\'Great Western\' NY to UK:
$75.00