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North Atlantic Packets: 1818-1840

Departure & Arrival Dates: New York-Liverpool, New York-London
 

 
North Atlantic Packets
The Early Years

The book is directed to the philatelic collector. There are 100+ pages of departure & arrival dates of American packets of the Black Ball, Red Star, Blue Swallowtail, Dramatic, Black X, & Red Swallowtail Lines.

However, the Genealogist will also find it useful.

The text describes briefly each line's history and the ships that sailed during that period. There are also illustrations of covers that those ships carried during this historical period when American packets were the dominant means of communications between the United States, England and the European Continent.

 

Awards:
Grand Award for literature, Albany, NY Stamp Expo 400.
APS Research Award, 2009.
Gold Medal awards at NAPEX 2009,
APS Stamp Show 2009, ChicagoPex 2009.
Stanley B. Ashbrook Cup for Postal History
by The Classics Society.

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Price of the book is $100 including P&H USA, media mail. The book has 300+ pages, full color, 8.5 x 11 inches, hard cover with dust jacket.

There are over 100 pages of data giving sailing and arrival dates of American sailing packets on the North Atlantic between 1818 and 1840. These were the high days of the American sailing packets that carried mail, specie and other fine cargo between the United States and England.

To order or further information, please send an e-mail to annegpullin at hotmail.com or jrpullin77at cfl.rr.com.

or call: 407-644-2156
James R. Pullin

In the subject line, please put "North American Packets" or else I might think you are a virus or spam.

 

The banner and dust cover image is courtesy of
Louis J. Dianni, Antique Marine Art,
ljdmarine@aol.com

Note that these ships have a blunt bow, 3 masts, fully rigged, later one have white strip with painted gun ports. They are often pictured in great distress as well as in a portrait view.