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July 2023
United States Postal History
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- (-) Remove The Van Koppersmith Collection of Ship Mail filter The Van Koppersmith Collection of Ship Mail
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red datestamp with manuscript "Ship 27" rate on folded letter to Morrisville, Pennsylvania, datelined "U.S. Ship Brandywine, Port Mahon [Minorca], Apr 15 1832", very fine, Port Mahon was the base of the United States Navy in the Mediterranean for over 20 years, in 1825 the USS Brandywine was tasked with conveying the Marquis de Lafayette back to France
datestamp with manuscript "Ship 14½" rate on folded letter to Newburyport, Massachusetts, datelined "London, 26th June 1811", very fine, ex-Hazelton
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black straightline postmark with manuscript "Ship 27" rate on folded letter to York, District of Maine, two-page letter datelined Guadalupe, Mexico, endorsed "pr Ship Stranger, Capt. Bragdon", very fine and rare, ex-Hazelton
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datestamp on folded letter from Portugal to Dartmouth, Massachusetts, manuscript "Ship 27½" war rate, overall wear and internal splitting, fine
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datestamp on folded letter from Liverpool, England to Providence, Rhode Island, manuscript "Ship 20¾" rate, endorsed "Grand Lark", small piece missing from address panel, otherwise very fine
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datestamp on folded letter from St. Bartholomew to Wiscapett, Maine, manuscript "Ship 8" manuscript rate on either side of datestamp, endorsed "P Cap. Smith, Brig Spartan", very fine, an unusual configuration of markings
two items, first "Bath Me. Sep 2" datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "12" rate on August 6, 1844 folded lettersheet to Portland, Maine; second "Bath Me. Apr 30" datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "7" rate on April 6, 1846 folded letter from Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe to Portland, Maine, endorsed "Care of the Longfellow", very fine pair
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perfect strike of red circular datestamp with matching "Ship" and manuscript "27" rate on folded lettersheet to Philadelphia, black straightline "P. Au Prince." origination handstamp, endorsed "p. Bethsy", very fine, unlisted ship town
four folded letters from Cuba to England ranging from 1824/1847, two earliest with green handstamps, fine to very fine
datestamp with manuscript date on cover from Liverpool to Boston, manuscript "Sh 19" rate, endorsed "p Alexina", very fine, the only recorded Buckstown ship letter, a rare District of Maine use
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship." handstamp and manuscript "27" rate on folded letter from Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadalupe to New Haven, Connecticut, light wear, still very fine, unlisted marking, ex-Hazelton
double circle datestamp with straightline "Ship" and circled "Due 2" handstamps on cover from the U.S.S. Kearsarge at Faial in the Azores to Beverly, Massachusetts, 3c Rose (65) with black grid, slightly reduced at right, otherwise very fine