Postal History and Covers

Postal History and Covers: 1835 to 1837, the Captain Hale correspondence to Glastonbury, Connecticut, U.S.A., incoming from Cape Town, Batavia and Singapore, being nine inbound ship letters comprising 1835 Cape Town via Philadelphia with red octagonal full rigged ship handstamp, 1836 'At Sea'� dateline via U.S. Consul forwarder to Salem, with unframed 'SHIP'� mark, 1837 dateline 'Bark Brothers at Sea'� via U.S. Consul forwarder to Salem, 1837 dateline Bark Brothers with Liverpool forwarder's endorsement per 'N. America'�, via New York , two 1837 entires with dateline 'Again at Sea'� and Batavia forwarder's endorsement via Boston, 1837 Batavia via St. Helena 'J. Solomon'� forwarder and Boston 'SHIP'�, 1837 Singapore via St. Helena U.S. Consul forwarder and New York 'SHIP'�, 1837 Singapore with blue boxed 'Forwarded by Baslestier, Singapore'� and U.S. Consul at St. Helena forwarder's endorsement via New York with 'SHIP'� mark, also includes 1835 'Glastonbury Ct.'� to Captain Hale care of Boston and forwarded privately. An interesting group. Photo.Subject to 20% VAT on the hammer price