Lot 60669 – 1859 (4.4) Envelope from the USA with AMERICAN MAIL / AU.3 / 1857 / 1/- Dublin charge hs

1859 (4.4) Envelope with embossed corner card of the forwarding agent Abraham Bell & Sons from New York to Dublin, Ireland, carried by the Cunard steamship Arabia. This letter New York Exchange Office ds 5/MAR/22/N.YORK Br PKT, the 5 cents being the inland postage due to the US Post Office and the crisp clear strike of the unframed circular all in one AMERICAN MAIL / AU.3 / 1857 / 1/- Dublin charge applied alongside, backflap missing, an important and rare example of the American Mail one shilling hs.