10¢ Black (2), two singles, Positions 97R and 100R, left stamp ample margins to just in at right, right stamp large margins except tiny v-shaped nick at top, tied by red square grid cancels, matching "New-York Feb. 29" (1848) leap year datestamp on folded cover from Pernambuco, Brazil, to New York City, where received as a ship letter and forwarded to Halifax, Nova Scotia, stamps affixed over manuscript ship-name directive "Pr Sooloo" which sailed from Pernambuco on January 22, 1848, and arrived at New York on February 28, blue manuscript "6" ship-letter rate, red wax seal "McE Co., Pernambuco" (McEvers & Co.), addressed to J. & M. Tobin in Halifax, care of Bache McEvers in New York, after this arrived in New York the "care of" portion of address and ship directive were crossed out and the two stamps were affixed before remailing (double rate to Nova Scotia), clear "FORWARDED BY/BACHE McEVERS/NEW-YORK" backstamp, blue St. Andrew (March 4), St. John (March 6) and oval Halifax (March 11) backstamps, manuscript "2/3" rate for 2 shillings 3 pence due, receipt docketing "Capt. R. Thomas, January 22, 1848", slight wear along file fold, cover stains and mended tears, otherwise Fine, a very unusual and probably unique ship letter from Brazil to New York and on to Nova Scotia, ex Hart and Boker

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