Lot 1905 Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1868 May 6d Lilac Plate 6, An entire sent from Ironbridge to New York via Liverpool dated May 30th 1868 in Liverpool. Bearing 6d lilac stamp SG104 with hyphen (specialised cat J75 (1). Tied 406 for Ironbridge, Shropshire (CBP 7/14). Obverse with single receiving mark for New York - NEW YORK JUN 10 PAID ALL and red PD in an oval (CBP 9/63). A hand written mark indicates that the cover was sent via Queenstown in Ireland and on to the ship Cuba to New York. On the back of the cover there is a transit mark for Liverpool - 28 LIVERPOOL 30MY68 P.L.O. The letter is from Biddulph, Wood and Jevons based in Liverpool and their related company of Townshend Wood and company in Swansea (the letter is written in Liverpool and posted in Ironbridge). The companies were iron and tin plate merchants. The contents of the letter contain a listing of new prices for their products, A commentary on market conditions and a report on developments in a labour strike affecting the company. The letter is seeking more business from Abel and Company in New York. The company of Biddulph, Wood and Jevons was still operating in the 1870s and had won a contract with the Great Western Railway company to build a bridge over Swansea canal at the wharf in Swansea.