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Fall Postal History 2022
Our Fall 2022 Postal History sale includes the John D. Bowman Collection of Boyd's City Express Post, the William B. Robinson Collection of Wisconsin Postal History, material from the collections of Steven M. Roth and Graham Booth, FRPSL, and much more.
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datelined folded letter with black framed "Gibraltar Paid" handstamp, red manuscript "4/-" rate, arrived Southampton January 29, carried via Cunard Line's Hibernia from Liverpool departing January 30 and arriving New York February 16, red "New York Ship Feb 17" datestamp, blue manuscript "22" rating for 20c inland postage and 2c ship fee, horizontal fold and light stains, fine
folded letter carried on the maiden return voyage of Cunard's America, departing New York May 10 and arriving Liverpool May 22, backstamped London the following day, manuscript "1/-" packet rating, fine cover from a scarce voyage
folded letter franked with two 1sh Pale green paying double-letter rate, Liverpool backstamp, carried by Cunard's Caledonia on the first retaliatory rate voyage departing June 24 and arriving New York July 8, marked "48" due upon arrival in New York under the new Retaliatory Act, right stamp reaffixed, very fine, ex-Tabeart
blue Sheffield datestamp, prepaid 1sh and carried on Cunard's Europa on its maiden voyage, departing Liverpool July 15 and arriving Boston July 27, red "Boston Ms. Ship Jul 27" and "29" handstamps for 24c transatlantic and 5c inland postage, light edge wear, fine and rare, ex-Pullin
reattached folded letter, 1sh Pale green pays packet rate while 1d Red and 2d Blue pay 3d late fee, carried on Cunard's Acadia departing Liverpool July 29 and arriving Boston August 13, red "34" retaliatory rate handstamp of Boston for 24c transatlantic and 10c inland postage, small edge faults, fine appearance, ex-Shephard
addressed to Charleston, South Carolina, manuscript "1/8" (1sh8p) rate paying postage from Belgium to US border, endorsed "Per next English Steamer from Liverpool", left Liverpool by Cunard's Hibernia October 21 and arrived Boston November 4, charged "34" upon arrival (24c 24c Transatlantic retaliatory rate plus 10c inland postage), light edge wear, a very fine and rare example of a Retaliatory Rate cover originating in Belgium
octagonal "Paid At Liverpool Oct 27 1848" handstamp, paid 1sh packet rate, carried on Cunard's America departing October 28 and arriving New York November 8, scarce red "New-York Ship 34cts. Nov 9" retaliatory rate handstamp for 24c transatlantic and 10c inland postage, few file folds, very fine appearance, any retaliatory rate mail incoming to New Orleans is rare, ex-Tickell
carried via Cunard's Hibernia departing Boston November 15 and arriving Liverpool November 27, "America Liverpool No 27 1848" backstamp and London transit, manuscript "1/6" (1s6d) debit rating, internal tears repaired with archival tape, very fine and scarce, ex-Wood
indistinct postmark on cover franked with 1870 6c Carmine Banknote (148), paying the 1870 Treaty Rate on 1871 cover to Royston, England, backstamped London July 5, redirected to London with Great Britain 1d Red placed precisely over the US adhesive, July 6 Royston postmark and July 7 London backstamp, very fine and choice, three ships arrived in London July 4 (Cunard's Calabria, Inman's City of Paris, and N.G.L.'s Bremen)
cover of unknown origin franked with three overlapping 1870 2c Red brown Banknotes (146), paying the 1870 Treaty Rate to London, carried by the Guion liner Nevada departing New York on February 19 and arriving Liverpool March 2, where it received a red Liverpool Packet handstamp, then franked with Great Britain 1d Red and reposted on March 4 to Christ Church College in Oxford where it arrived the next day, light wear, very fine and attractive mixed franking
cover franked with 1873 3c Green Banknote (158), small faults, tied by black cork to 3c Green stamped envelope to Paris (overpaying by 1c the UPU rate), postmarked Denver, Colorado March 15, 1878, blue "Forwarded by Munroe & Co., 7 Rue Scribe Paris" oval handstamp, forwarded to Seville with France 30c Brown paying redirection fee, light wear, very fine and attractive, ex-Pacetti
natural straightedge at right, tied by negative "8" duplexed with "New York Jun 14" datestamp on 1873 cover to Montreal, Canada at the 6c treaty rate, "Montreal Q Ju 16 73" arrival backstamp, slightly reduced at right, very fine, ex-Ainsworth