1813 St Bart ' S (Antigua) Stampless Ship Captain Letter To East Haddam, CT
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:10839720 | Modified Item: No |
| State: Connecticut |
Postal History
Great find here - an early stampless folded letter written December 6, 1813 by William Spencer in St Bart's - which he describes as being near Antigua in the Caribbean - and sent to his wife Deborah in Lyme, Connecticut - then forwarded from Lyme to Hartford with an rimless Hartford postmark - and eventually ended up in East Haddam. The letter was hand carried to the states by the "politeness" of Captain R. Lee. The writer is working aboard a ship, and giv...es details of his travels to St Bart's and Antigua.FULL SCANS provided for your research benefit.TERMS$3.00 postage in the United States. We accept Paypal.Postage combined for multiple purchases. Please wait for me to send the invoice, otherwise you will pay a higher rate.For International buyers, we utilize eBay’s Global ShippingProgram. We had too many packages sentvia the post office go missing. So webelieve this program will be safer for us and for you.We are members of the American Philatelic Society, the U.S.Philatelic Classics Society, the Confederate Stamp Alliance and the IllinoisPostal History Society.We only sell genuine, original letters (no copies orreproductions). Some of our letters havebeen transcribed and nicely presented for future genealogists and history buffson the Spared & Shared blog.We have been selling on eBay since 1998. BID WITH CONFIDENCE !
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Great find here - an early stampless folded letter written December 6, 1813 by William Spencer in St Bart's - which he describes as being near Antigua in the Caribbean - and sent to his wife Deborah in Lyme, Connecticut - then forwarded from Lyme to Hartford with an rimless Hartford postmark - and eventually ended up in East Haddam. The letter was hand carried to the states by the "politeness" of Captain R. Lee. The writer is working aboard a ship, and giv...es details of his travels to St Bart's and Antigua.FULL SCANS provided for your research benefit.TERMS$3.00 postage in the United States. We accept Paypal.Postage combined for multiple purchases. Please wait for me to send the invoice, otherwise you will pay a higher rate.For International buyers, we utilize eBay’s Global ShippingProgram. We had too many packages sentvia the post office go missing. So webelieve this program will be safer for us and for you.We are members of the American Philatelic Society, the U.S.Philatelic Classics Society, the Confederate Stamp Alliance and the IllinoisPostal History Society.We only sell genuine, original letters (no copies orreproductions). Some of our letters havebeen transcribed and nicely presented for future genealogists and history buffson the Spared & Shared blog.We have been selling on eBay since 1998. BID WITH CONFIDENCE !
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