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Image for Collect Six Cents for Hale & Co. [1844], Image for Collect Six Cents for Hale & Co. [1844],
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March United States Postal History

Featuring The Leonard Piszkiewicz Collection of Chicago Postal History, The Van Koppersmith Collection of Philadelphia Postal History and The Tony Dewey Collection of Hartford Postal History

March 28-29, 2023 New York City
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LOT# : 3047
Date: 03/29/2023 - 17:00

Connecticut Postal History, Local Stamps

red boxed handstamp (Type C6) with manuscript "18¾" and "6" rates on November 5, 1844 folded letter from Liverpool, England to Hartford via New York City, carried via Queen of the West, very fine, a rare Hale cover servicing forwarded transatlantic mail, the 6c represents the ship fee and 18¾ triple inland postage, the absence of postal markings suggests this cover was carried into the United States outside of the regular mails, illustrated in Gutman (page 330), ex-Hall, Puliafito, and Gutman

 

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