Forwarded by Hale & Co. from Courier & Enquirer Building, New York. Red oval handstamp (Ty. F29) and Collect box (Ty. C3) on Feb. 28, 1845 greenish folded letter from Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, to Bangor Me., sender's directive "Per Brig Tarquenna, Capt. Scott", carried by that ship from Puerto Rico to Boston and given to Hale's office, which applied their handstamps and gave the letter to Jerome & Co. for delivery to Bangor, partly clear orange-red "Jerome & Co.'s/Express/No. 8 Court St./Boston" framed handstamp, manuscript payment notation "Chgd.", Very Fine, a remarkable cover from Puerto Rico to Bangor, carried outside the regular mails and handled by two different Independent Mail companies, ex Gallagher

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