Stampless folded letter - Havana, Cuba to New York - 1874

Fascinating content about Cuban lottery tickets and whale bones (see the blog post here on our website to read a detailed accounting of every aspect of this cover). The letter was written in Spanish. There is a full translation in the blog post. The cancel is one used by the New York PO with foreign mail and is tied to the use of fractional currecy. Again, the whole story is in the blog post.