379th Auction

1849 (15 Sept.), folded letter dated "Manila 15 September" with oval forwarder cachet "FORWARDED BY FLETCHER ALEXANDER & Co London" on reverse, via London endorsed "p. Hibernia" with double-circle "PAID 30 NO 1849" manuscript charge "1/-" and matching credit handstamp "5 CENTS" alongside, carried by the "Hibernia" to New York and finally to Salem, part of reverse stained, otherwise fine

1867, entire letter from Havanna, Cuba, privately carried to New York and mailed via Bremen, Hamburgg and Sandosund to Sarpsborg in Norway, rated in Hamburg "7 2/6" Sgr. and charged upon arrival with "34" skilling.