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COMPETITION 1822-1830 The]ohn Wells- Packet Rate
Red Star Line The Meteor- Double Letter
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND TO CHILICOTHE, 0 H
(VIA LIVERPOOL Ai'JD NEw YoRK)
English postage paid
in Glasgow, routed to
Chilicothe, Ohio .
. Ship Information
The John Wells departed
Liverpool September 8
1823, arrived October
14, 1823.
Postal Rates
Great Britain 2/5
Inland Glasgow + Lon o +
to Falmouth + Wheel T~"(.
1/2d + 1/3d +1h d = -
United States 25c
Greater than 400 miles.
PHILIDELPHB. TO L IYE.RPOOL
' :\ EW ORK
Ship Information
.·. u~ Tue _ eteor departed
_ ew
ork January
u
armed
1825
U,;erpool February
17 1825.
Postage Rates
nited States 25¢
Tifre inland (2 x 121hG:)
= -c
Great Britain 1/4d
x = 16d or 4. Rate
_o: ouble le er delivered
po:t o arr· 111.
Double letter based on nited States progression of sheet. On
English progression of weight it is rated as a double letter.