1848 Last Sailing before Retaliatory Rate, Nova Scotia

1848 SFC Halifax, Nova Scotia to New York, USA, tombstone cancel (PAID June 22 1848), ms “p RM Steamship”, ms rated 1/- Stg prepaid, and red “6” hs for 6c drop ship letter on arrival in New York.

The letter was carried by the Cunard “Britannia” (37th voyage) and was the last sailing to New York before the Retaliatory rates were implemented.