Rare 1841 cover from Sebay via Kirkwall, Orkney Islands to New York, U.S.A.
Stock Code: 031a
Availability: In Stock
Availability: In Stock
Price: £275.00
1841 an entire wrapper from Sebay addressed to Rochester, New York, U.S.A. bearing on front the boxed "Paid at Kirkwall" handstamp in black ink and dated on reverse for SE 2 1841. The wrapper was pre-paid 1/- in red manuscript, the rate to destination under the Anglo-U.S. treaty, being sent via Edinburgh and Liverpool by steamship Acadia, departing on 19th September and arriving in Boston on 5th October 1841. Bov#424.