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Auction: 173 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 4

"S.S. President" final mail delivery, stampless cover, bearing "Paid L.S. 8 FE 8 1841" Maltese cross and "Paid Ship Letter London 8 FE 8 1841" datestamps, to Isaac Leeser, Minister of the Jewish Congregations, St James Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, via New York with red "New York Ship Mar 3" c.d.s., endorsed at lower left "Per President Steamer 10 Feb 1841," assessed double rate by the U.S. Post Office, with "27" manuscript in black indicating twice the 12&1/2c plus 2c ship letter fee, some faults to back, a few pieces missing from flap, a nice example from the penultimate voyage of the S.S. President.

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