Lot 46044 - The Unique Caherciveen Ship Letter 1826 (November 23rd) – New Brunswick to London: Folded lettersheet addressed to The Rev. Anthony Hamilton, Secretary to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, London, apparentl

The Unique Caherciveen Ship Letter

1826 (November 23rd) – New Brunswick to London: Folded lettersheet addressed to The Rev. Anthony Hamilton, Secretary to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, London, apparently landed at Caherciveen, Co. Kerry, and forwarded via Dublin. Most probably fully prepaid “2/8”, and displaying a superb strike of the distinctive long oval SHIP ★ LETTER in black, with the two-line CAHERCIVEEN/178 mileage handstamp alongside. A remarkable transatlantic usage and an important Irish maritime postal-history showpiece, bearing the only recorded example of this distinctive Caherciveen Ship Letter marking.