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Item# 17600
Price: $500
Incoming Trans-Atlantic use to Independent State of South Carolina from Birkenhead, England. Franked with GB 1s green (#28) with tiny pre-use faults, tied by BIRKENHEAD / c // JA 19 / 61 duplex, Liverpool oval backstamp and perfectly struck bold red “5 CENTS” credit handstamp. Carried by Cunard Line Arabia from Liverpool Jan 19, 1861, to New York with N. YORK BR. PKT. // FEB / 2 // PAID / 24 bold red exchange CDS. Lovely use addressed to Miss Hort Care of H. J. Witherspoon Esq. Mayesville, South Carolina, U.S. (which it was no longer). $500.
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