TRANSATLANTIC COVER TO G.B. WITH G.B. 6d LILAC TIED BY RARE ...

Hammer

£340

TRANSATLANTIC COVER TO G.B. WITH G.B. 6d LILAC TIED BY RARE S.S. 'NIAGARA' "A98" MAILBOAT NUMERAL; April 1862 env. (small closed tear beside - but not affecting - stamp)to Brighton with GB 6d Lilac (off-centre as so often) tied by a very fine rare "A98" Mailboat Numeral cancel used in this case on the Cunard S.S. 'Niagara' on her voyage from New York via Boston to Queenstown. Correct rate for mail posted on board the ship at sea. Exhibition Item.Cross Reference: G.B USED ABROAD STAMPS & COVERS, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA