Ref: DR19962
- £225.00
Great Britain. (Trans - Atlantic Mail). 1859. Folded letter sheet addressed to New York bearing SG 71, 1s deep green tied by Liverpool/ 466 duplex '27th Sp 59' with oval 'L/ Sp 27/ D' (noted by Robertson to be a 'transit' stamp applied to outgoing packet letters) with 'Crown/ Ship Letter/ Liverpool' on reverse dated 'Sp 28' (Robertson S.15), endorsed 'City of Washington" and rated '6' in circle applied on arrival in New York, the 'Inman Line "City of Washington" not being under mail contract with the Post Office.
The Inman Line "City of Washington" in service from 1856, was wrecked at Cape Sable, Nova Scotia '5th July 1873.'
Paul Ambrose Oliver was a shipping merchant, Union Army hero and inventor after the Civil War.
