Lot 91
Forwarded by Hale & Co.'s Great Eastern Mail, red oval handstamp on folded letter datelined St. John, NB, Nov 25, 1844 to New York, two strikes of matching red boxed handstamp "COLLECT SIX CENTS FOR HALE & CO.", blue manuscript rating 12½ and pencil notation 129; two light file folds, Fine.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Hale & Co advertised in Boston July 1844, that they were offering service to St. John, New Brunswick. The rate advertised for service was 12½ cents.
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| Realized $1,500 |
