Lot 146
1847, 5¢ red brown (1), clear margins to cutting, well tied by bold black-blue grids, matching "Cambridge Ms. Sep. 7" c.d.s. on 1850 folded letter to New York, manuscript "Missent" with additional red "Norfolk Va. 11 Sep." c.d.s. at bottom (New York was written as one word and looks like "Newlfork" - see photo), fresh, Fine and colorful.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
Provenance: "Seven Oaks", Craveri
The contents include a thank you for a parcel containing sheet music. The writer adds, "I am glad to hear that you arrived safely and would have been still more pleased could I have been your fellow passenger. You had a rare time of it I should think with Jenny Lind on board. I hope you sufficiently appreciated the privilege you enjoyed." On September 1st the Steamship Atlantic, completing its first crossing, arrived in New York. Jenny Lind was a passenger ready to begin a mammoth tour organized by P.T. Barnum. 30-40,000 people were waiting for her to arrive.
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| Realized $1,600 |
