Lot
2823 
US-French Transatlantic Mails, 1820s-1848, wonderful large collection of over 190 covers with mostly sailing packets, note 1820 Boston Mass. to France via "Falcon" to Liverpool and red "Angleterre" straightline struck (Vdl 165 -Rarity 7); 1827 Savannah Ga. to Marseilles, France with French Consulate handstamp and reporting on dengue fever epidemic; 1833 New Harmony Ind. to France via UK with red "Angleterre" straightline (cover torn); 1845 Le Havre, France to New York by Union Line Argo; 1849 Savannah Ga. to France via French Sailing Packet to avoid UK-US treaty rate charges; 1845 Toledo Oh. "Paid 25¢" to Wurttemberg by French packet; 1844 Philadelphia to France endorsed via Havre Packet but privately carried to London where "Colonies, &c.ART.12." framed accountancy struck, 1843 New Haven Ct. to France on Havre packet, etc., ex-Pullin. Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
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Realized: $1,500