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EFFECT OF STEAM 1838-1840 The United States - Double Freight Money
Red Star Line
BALTIMORE TO LONDON
(VIA NEW YoRK AND LIVERPOOL)
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Double letter, double freight money carried within the postal
systems. Letter rated a double letter in Great Britain.
Postal Rates
Ship Information
United States 37¢1h
The United States 2 x 18%¢ = 371h¢
departed New York Freight Money 25¢
October 16, 1839, 2 x 12¢ h = 25¢
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arrived Liverpool Great Britain 3/2
November 13, 1839. (2x 8d) + (2x lld) = 38d
or3/2
