Ref: DR18901
- £550.00
United States. (Great Britain). 1869. Folded letter from Baring Brothers in Liverpool addressed to Savannah, Georgia bearing Great Britain SG 107, 6d bright violet (plate 6 with hyphen) tied by Liverpool/ 466 duplex dated '23rd Jan 1869' with oval 'Forwarded By/ Baring Brothers & Co/ Liverpool' on face in blue, endorsed 'per "City of Paris", routed via New York '8th Feb', British Packet in red and forwarded from Savannah to 'P & G.R.R. Leon County, Florida' bearing United States "Washington" SG 62, 3c brown-rose tied by blue cork obliterator with adjacent Savanna/ GA in blue 'Feb 11 69.'
Forwarded to the Pensacola & Georgia Rail Road' who themselves became embroiled in scandal and fraud.
Letter concerns the cotton trade.
