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EFFECT OF STEAM 1838 - 1840                                                     The Europe - Turned Cover

        Black Ball Line



                           NEW ORLEANS TO NEW CASTLE-ON-TYNE
                                (VIA NEW YoRK AND LIVERPOOL)




                                                                                                  Ship Information
                                                                                                 Europe    departed
                                                                                                   lew  York  May
                                                                                       /
                                                                                                  16,  1838,  arrived
                                                                                                  Liverpool June  9,
                                                                                                        1838.


                                                                                                     Postal Rates
                                                                                                 United States   25¢
                                                    j'          .                                Great Britain    1/7
                                                    , ~?J~it!?~                                   8d + lld = 19d or 1/7









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                    Letter posted New Orleans to meet packet in New York





        Interior     portion
        used as turned cover
        to  second  party  in
        London.



            Postal Rates
         Great Britain  1/-
          Distance to London
          277 miles.  52 George
          II c 88, rate 230-300
          miles 1/-.
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