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Issue 18 -; 2½ PENNY

The Franklin Sugar Refining Coy.,

Philadelphia, Penn.,

Per~ /4 kU nited States.
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cover noted "per Stm JW Taylor" with 2½d paying ½ ounce rate to Philadelphia via NYC.
backstamped (NYC opera glass) 'NEW YORK/JUN/6/6 98" "PAID ALL/A" (transit mark)
& "PHILADELPHIA 1898/JUN 6/530PM/RECEIVED" (arrival mark)

cover postmarked "BARBADOS/BIDE 11/97" noted "per R.M.S." with 2½d paying ½ ounce rate to England
(earliest date known on cover)