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SUPERIORITY 1830-1837 The Independence - Double Letter, Forwarded

Blue Swallowtail Line

ELLSWORTH, ME TO LONDON
(VIANEWYORKAND LIVERPOOL)

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Double letter posted in Ellsworth, ME for dispatch on packet. London Ship
Letter Office processed and passed to General Office for delivery. Letter Carrier
Office noted the forwarding address, rerated the letter and applied the red "L. C.
0. Postage not paid to London." This marking is Willcocks and Jay 280, scarcity
E, in use 1833 - 49.

Postal Rates
Ship Information United States 50¢
(2 x 25¢) = 50¢
The Independence departed New York April
Great Britain 4/6
8, 1835, arrived Liverpool May 2, 1835.
3/2, rerated, crossed out
She served until 1847 when she joined the
(2 x 8d) + (2 x lld) + (2 x
Red Swallowtail Packet Line. 8d) = 54d or 4/6