June 2010 Society Auction

Lot 22. Folded letter Cape Haitien 6 June 1854 to Port au Prince with nice strike of the British style small double circle “CAP-HAITIEN” and inside the circle, JU 7 1854. Letter is sound and only very slightly soiled. Letters of this sort were probably carried by a coastal ship service. The rates for it have not been found. Faint horizontal file fold, otherwise VF.