Auction 265th - 273rd - Day 3

1769 (Dec 22): Entire letter from Falmouth, Maine to Samuel White, merchant in Marblehead, Massachusetts, with manuscript despatch "Falmo. 2:16" at top (Falmouth 2 penny-weight, 16 grains of silver). The entire letter, written by Jere. Pote from Falmouth (which at this date incorporated Portland, South Portland, Cape Elizabeth and Westbrook) primarily concerns shipping Fish and a notice that a quantity of Tobacco was rotten. Extremely rare: the sole recorded Postal Marking from Maine during the British Colonial period.rnProvenance: R. A. Siegel, New York, 15 Dec 2010.rnrn