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COMPETITION 1822-1830                                                         The Corinthian - Triple Letter

        Blue Swallowtail Line

                                             LONDON TO PETERSBURG, VA

                                            (VIA LIVERPOOL AND NEW YORK)




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                                   Wrapper  containing  several  pages  of correspondence
                                   carried  outside  the  mail  to  ship's  agent  in  Liverpool.
                                   Wrapper was  dispatched  as  directed  in the lower  left
                                   corner by the ship's agent.



                                                                             Postal Rates
                                   Ship Information
                                                                        British              0
                               The  Corinthian  departed                United States    58%¢
                                Liverpool  November  29,                 3 x 18%¢  + 2¢ =  581A¢
                                1825,  arrived  New  York
                               January 10, 1826.  Letter
                               was  delivered  to  postal
                                authorities in New York by
                                a news boat.  The January
                                8,  1826,  date  in  the  red
                                New York receiving stamp
                                      confirms this.
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