United States. (Transatlantic Mail). 1847. Folded letter written from New York dated '14th July 1847' addressed to Amsterdam, Holland, endorsed 'Halifax of 16 July', manuscript '5' in pencil (U.S. inland postage), hand-struck curved 'PAID' in red and circular 'New York/ 5 cts' dated '14th July', in red on face, routed via London with manuscript '1/8' (U.K. debit to Holland) with hand-struck entry cachet 'Engeland/ over/ Rotterdam' on reverse in red (Van der Linden 1025) and Amsterdam arrival '1/8' and manuscript '120' Dutch cents due rating.