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EFFECT OF STEAM 1838 -1840                                               The Columhus - Multiple rate letter
          Black Ball Line

                                                   NEWYORKTOLONDON
                                                       (VIA LIVERPOOL)











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                                    A letter weighing 11A  oz. carried to the Gilpin's Exchange
                                    Reading Room and Foreign Letter Office for forwarding to
                                    the packet.  Great Britain fees collected on delivery.




                                         Ship Information                  Postal Rates
                                                                     United States          0
                                      The  Columhus  departed
                                                                      Great Britain      7 /10
                                      New York  February  2,
                                                                      (5 x 8d) + ( 5 x lld) = 95d
                                      1839, arrived Liverpool         or7/10
                                      February21,1839.Mail
                                      dispatched  to  London
                                           on mail coach.
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