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SUPERIORITY 1830-1837 The South America
Black Ball Line

H UNTLEY, ScoTLA.i.'.ilD To B _.\LTDIORE

(vlA LIVERPOOL A: m EW ORK

Letter carried outside mail by a passenger to New
York where put into United States post. This was
not an uncommon practice for private letters to avoid
high postal fees in Great Britain.

Postal Rates
Ship Information
Great Britain 0
South America departed Liverpool United States 18%¢
April 16, arrived New YorkMay22, No Ship Letter fee as
1834. The South America replaced Captain did not post letter
in New York.
the Manchester in 1832. She sailed
as a packet until 1843, ~hen she
became a whaler, after which she
was sunk by Union forces as part of
the stone fleet to block Charleston
Harbor.