Page 73 - Charles Shreve - William H Gross United States 1847 Issue

B. Auxiliary Postal Services
7. Too Late

This cover did not arrive at New York, NY in time to make the scheduled departure of the
Cunard PacketAmerim on June 19,1850. It was hands tamped "TOO LATE" at the New York
City Post Office and sent to Boston to be carried on the Cunard Packet Canada leaving on June
26. The British Quly 8) and Montauban, France Quly 11) backstamps confirm this crossing.

JU 18, 1850 to Montauban, France Quly 11) via London, England Quly 8).
The manuscript "15" indicates 15 decimes due for ocean, British transit and French domestic postage.

The Blood Local Post stamp is acid cancelled and exceptionally tied by a blue Philadelphia, PA dated cancel.