Lot
1194 
Nova Scotia, 1818 (Nov. 5) Swansea, Wales to Fredericton N.B., datelined folded letter with "Swansea, NO 5, 1818" cds and manuscript "2/2" rating for 1s3d packet plus 9d inland postage, carried by Montague to Bermuda arriving Dec. 27th, and then to New York arriving Jan. 7th, overland to St. John with "St. John, FE 6 1819" fleuron backstamp, manuscript "2N5 Packet" cy. rating as 2s2d conversion, 25¢ U.S. postage converted as "1N3 Am" and "7" d.cy. inland plus "2" d.cy., totalled to "4N5" rating, Very Fine. Estimate $200 - 300.
An unusual routing, if the letter had been carried from Bermuda to Halifax on the HMS "Grasshopper", it would have cost 3s4d cy. instead of 4s5d via New York.