The Poole Ship Letter below was sent from Boston, USA to Edinburgh on 7th March 1808 and arrived on 28th April 1808, taking seven and a half weeks.
The entire below from Charleston, South Carolina was addressed to London or Bristol and received a Lymington Ship Letter handstamp in June 1800. On arrival it went to Bristol, then Exeter, then was returned to Bristol accounting for a total 1/8d charge.The Lymington India letter below from Calcutta to London arrived in London in July 1822. The "INDIA LETTER / LYMINGTON" handstamp indicated that it was from "India" and was subject to a different (lower) ship letter charge.



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