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United States Georgia
FROM
24~ paid
AlUERICUS,
US handstamp 3 due GA.
Britain for inland postage --->
Glasgow reverse date
and * indicating from
receiving office
Americus, GA, 7 August, 1860-18 days
24t (2 x 12t pair) to Glasgow, carried by Vanderbilt Line steamer Illinois. 11 August,
New York, 24 August Southampton, 25 August Paid London, Glasgow sarne day receipt.
Commercial preprinted stationery, W.T. Callier & Co. Augusta, GA.
Americus, Georgia was established as a cotton plantation, later a cotton distribution hub.
24~ paid
Savannah, 23 November, 1866-14 days
Un:franked 24t paid to Leith, Scotland. 28 November, New York. Handstamped New York
British packet 19 credit Britain for sea postage and inJand. Cunard Persia to Queenstown. 2
December Liverpool. Carried in closed bag to Edinburgh, received 9 December.
Scottish migrants in Georgia grew crops for export to industrial c.ities in Scotland and England, especially flax and cotton.
