Details For Cover ID# 15085
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| Cover Type: | Foreign origin, inbound to USA stampless |
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| Entered by: | frajola |
| Added on: | Feb 13, 10 |
| Edited on: | Feb 13, 10 |
| Postmark: | Jul 5, 1836 |
| Origin: | USS Shark At Naples, ITALY |
| Destination: | Newport, Rhode Island, UNITED STATES |
| Description: | [USS Shark, Andrew Harwood], superb 3 page letter describing an execution onboard the USS Shark (see second image for important part), letter dated from USS Shark at Naples, Italy and endorsed "Mr. Fitch will please charge the expense of this letter to Lt. Harwood of the Shark and forward by the Havre packet", Fitch was the Consul and he crossed out when forwarded, letter entered the mails with red New York postmark, Ship handstamp and "58 1/2" rate for triple rate plus ship fee, ex Risvold Andrew Harwood, great-granson of Benjamin Franklin, later became a Rear Admiral |
| Owner's ID: | 6321 |
| Certificate? | No |
| For Sale? | Yes, for US$ 900. Interested in this cover? Contact frajola. |
| Stampless? | Yes |