STAMPED COVERS OF GREAT BRITAIN

1857 Trans-Atlantic Packet Cover with 1 Shilling Pale Green stamp on Manchester, England
to New York cover, with Scarce black "6"

Scott #28b - Stanley Gibbons #71

Great Britain 1 Shilling Pale Green 1856 Issue on 1857 Trans-Atlantic Packet cover from Manchester, England to New York. Cancelled: Scarce black large “6” in circle “MANCHESTER/MR24/1857” cds with “498” obliterator. Backstamped in black “UPPERMILL/MR24/1857/A”, “LIVERPOOL/MR25/1857/B7” AND “L/MR25/A” packet oval. Carried by the “City of Manchester” which was a later known as an immigrant ship. Very unusual cover which is also cancelled with Red Warehouse Receipt “City of Manchester” (“City of Baltimore” crossed out) for £732 worth of Doeskins. Stamp F-VF.

The general Trans-Atlantic Packet rate from England to the United States at this time was 1 shilling for a standard weight letter (up to ½ ounce). This equaled 24¢ in US currency or 12 pence in British sterling. For Packet carriage this sum was allocated as: 3¢ (1½d) due England for its inland carriage to the Packet, 16¢ (8d) due to the packet itself for the ocean carriage and 5¢ (2½) due the US for its inland carriage. Generally a 5¢ accountancy mark indicates carriage by a British Pacquet while a 21¢ mark indicates carriage by an American Packet.

Scott values this stamp on cover at $350. Stanley Gibbons values this stamp on cover at £350 or $640

Manchester Cancel
Dated March 24, 1857

Stamp Detail

Black "6" Due Accountancy Marks

Liverpool backstamp transit mark
Dated March 25, 1857

Liverpool Pacquet receiving mark

Upper Mill Origination Mark
Dated March 24, 1857

   
Reverse of Cover

Per Steamer City of Manchester from Liverpool

Warehouse Stamp likely showing payment of duty. Not change from "City of Baltimore" to "City of Manchester"

Full Cover showing invoice for doeskins (on reverse) that has been used as a receipt. Unusual cover.

Offered by Berryhill & Sturgeon, Ltd.

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