- £125.00
United States. (Trans-Atlantic Mail). 1853. Stamp-less folded letter written from Baltimore addressed to Amsterdam cancelled Baltimore date stamp 'May 17' in blue, endorsed 'Per "Asia", hand-stamp 'PAID' in blue with hand-struck '10', routed via New York with circular 'New York/ Br. Pkt.' in red 'My 18', London transit 'May 30' and rated '2/8' in m/s black ink, carried via Belgium with oval 'England/ over Ostende' on reverse and charged '205' Dutch cents due rating and indicated '435' in red crayon on reverse.
Lovely item mailed from Baltimore carried by the 'S.S. "Asia" a Cunard Line steamship sailing from New York to Liverpool, routed via London and Belgium with m/s '16' in black ink indicating the Netherlands was debited '16' for Transatlantic and British transit.
