Ref: DR20936
- £95.00
United States. (Netherlands - Transatlantic Mail). 1848. Folded letter addressed to Amsterdam cancelled by Baltimore date stamp 'Feb 18 48' in blue with hand-struck 'PAID' and framed oval '5' in blue, endorsed 'Per steamer "Hermann" from New York February 20th', New York transit 'Feb 19' with London arrival '7th Mar' and manuscript '1/8' (U.K. debt to Holland) with hand-struck entry cachet 'Engeland/ over Rotterdam' on reverse in red (Van der Linden 1028) and Amsterdam arrival '9/3' and manuscript '120' Dutch cents due rating.
Carried by the 'S.S. "Hermann" of the 'Ocean Steam Navigation Company' sailing fom New York to Bremen via Southampton.
