Lot
534 
1831 (Jan. 1) New York to Schiedam, Netherlands, folded letter sent privately to England to unknown Liverpool agent, carried by Black Ball Line New York from New York Jan. 1 to Liverpool arriving Jan. 28, Liverpool (1.28) backstamp with red "Paid at Liverpool" h.s. and red manuscript "6/3" 6s3d prepaid rating, London (1.31) transit, Schiedam (2.5) arrival backstamp with manuscript "100" Dutch Cents due rating; file folds, Very Fine, a scarce New York to Netherlands use via England as most mail was sent via France, only one other cover is recorded. Estimate $300 - 400.
Prior to April 1835, letters to Holland were held for postage at London until all transit fees were paid; therefore, agents in the United Kingdom had to be used. Letter paid 6s3d for a letter to Holland with two enclosures after being corrected from 4s2d payment (letter with one enclosure). This amount consisted of 3 x 11d transit to London less 3 x 2d reduction for foreign letter mail from outside London plus 3 x 1s4d foreign fee to Holland. Dutch entry from England was at Brielle 10 miles west of Schiedam. Dutch marked 2 x 50 Dutch cents postage due for 15-30 gram weight letter by packet from England.
Realized: $250