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D . Europe Via the British Isles Retaliatory Rate
4. Belgium
The only recorded JO,t Retaliatory Rate cover to Belgium
The only 5,t/10,t combination cover recorded to Belgium
OC 28, 1848 to Gand, Belgium via Ostend (November 15). e
10~- Positions 22-24R- 1W rate > 300 miles to Boston.
Originated in Charles ton, SC on October 28, 1848. It was then carried out of the mails by rail to New York, NY.
Posted to Boston, MA it crossed the ocean to Liverpool on the Cunard Line's Niagara (November 1-13).
