STAMPLESS 'SHIP' COVERS
cover 'Ship 10', mostly clear red straight line h.s. (rate in ms.) on Mar. 5, 1816 transatlantic stampless folded letter headed London (England) to Pawtuxet, R.I., matching partly readable 'Boston Ms Apr' c.d.s., ms. 'missent to Pawtucket, R.I.', ms. p 'Galen Tracy via Boston', letter from the Peabody Museum (Salem, Mass.) confirms that the Galen Tracy arrived in Boston on April 24, 1816, thus this is a Ship 10 restored rate cover, fine, one of very few ship fee covers recorded from the restored rate period est.

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cover 'Ship 10', mostly clear red straight line h.s. (rate in ms.) on Mar. 5, 1816 transatlantic stampless folded letter headed London (England) to Pawtuxet, R.I., matching partly readable 'Boston Ms Apr' c.d.s., ms. 'missent to Pawtucket, R.I.', ms. p 'Galen Tracy via Boston', letter from the Peabody Museum (Salem, Mass.) confirms that the Galen Tracy arrived in Boston on April 24, 1816, thus this is a Ship 10 restored rate cover, fine, one of very few ship fee covers recorded from the restored rate period est.