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EFFECT OF STEAM 1838 -1840 The Sheffield- Express Mail
Red Star Line
NEW ORLEANS TO LONDON
(VIA NEW YoRK AND LIVERPOOL)
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Letter sent as express in United States and then rated as a
double letter in England. Forwarded by Heckscher, Coster
& Matfield whose red oval mark was in use 1837-1839.
Ship Information Postal Rates
United States 75¢
The Sheffield departed
3 x 25¢ = 75¢, express rate
New York May 26, for a single letter.
1838, arrived Liverpool Great Britain 3/2
June 17, 1838. She (2 x Sd) + ( 2 x lld) = 38d
replaced the William or3/2
Byrnes in 1831.
