Auction Detail
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
![Image for Castine Oct 6th [1811],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757540.jpg?itok=wxvRy2AQ)
![Image for Castine Oct 6th [1811],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757540-2.jpg?itok=LVvLrzBD)
manuscript postmark with matching "Ship 19" rate on cover likely from Santiago, Cape Verde to Kittery, Maine, fine, unlisted ship town ex-Hazelton
![Image for Castine Me. Sep 22 [1823],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757545.jpg?itok=qg28-Jm-)
![Image for Castine Me. Sep 22 [1823],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757545-2.jpg?itok=gccNwPnC)
datestamp with manuscript date and "Ship 39" rate on cover from Liverpool to Boston, endorsed "Canova", very fine and rare, unlisted ship town
![Image for Eastport Me Oct 3 [1837],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757723.jpg?itok=J5K8P4t2)
![Image for Eastport Me Oct 3 [1837],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757723-2.jpg?itok=rPZl2xmy)
red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" handstamp and manuscript "20¾" rate on folded letter from Boston to Holton, Maine, very fine
![Image for Eastport Me Aug 23 [1839],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757738.jpg?itok=HVu08l0O)
![Image for Eastport Me Aug 23 [1839],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757738-2.jpg?itok=QBXomiwn)
red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" handstamp and manuscript "39½" rate on folded letter from St. John, New Brunswick to Boston, very fine
![Image for Eastport Me. Jun 25 [1850],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757753.jpg?itok=PZoH9Ke0)
![Image for Eastport Me. Jun 25 [1850],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757753-2.jpg?itok=bJa_usD_)
red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and "12" handstamps on folded letter from St. John, New Brunswick to New York City, very fine, unlisted marking
![Image for Eastport Me. Jun 19 [1851],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757768.jpg?itok=mgjEo5mE)
![Image for Eastport Me. Jun 19 [1851],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757768-2.jpg?itok=IrfAUZRf)
red datestamp with matching straight line "Ship" and "7" handstamps on folded letter to Castine, Maine, datelined "S. John NB 16th June 1851", very fine
![Image for Eastport Me. Aug 30 [1852],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757773.jpg?itok=sgzhOt5R)
![Image for Eastport Me. Aug 30 [1852],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757773-2.jpg?itok=hxZmR_aT)
black datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and "7" handstamps on folded letter to New York City, datelined "S. John NB, 30 Aug 1852", very fine
three covers (1849/1853) from New Brunswick to New York via Eastport, generally fine to very fine, attractive group
![Image for Kennebunk August 7 [1806],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/761498.jpg?itok=aaVEk5EZ)
![Image for Kennebunk August 7 [1806],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/761498-2.jpg?itok=6V-1x-6h)
manuscript postmark with "Sh. 10" rate on folded letter from Dominica to Portland, Maine, age spots cleaned, very fine appearance, a scarce District of Maine cover, ex-Hazelton
![Image for Kennebunk Sept. 4 [1817],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/761503.jpg?itok=B_b2FQP4)
![Image for Kennebunk Sept. 4 [1817],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/761503-2.jpg?itok=66OajiJt)
manuscript postmark with "Ship 14½" rate on folded letter from Haiti to Waldoborough, Maine, endorsed "Pr Brig Favorite", very fine, ex-Hazelton
![Image for Sh 2 [1792],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/761125.jpg?itok=suX7y5jM)
![Image for Sh 2 [1792],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/761125-2.jpg?itok=MC9ZGhla)
manuscript port of entry rate on March 23, 1792 folded letter from Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadalupe to Casco Bay, Maine, very fine, the 1792 rate change didn't come into effect until June 1, ex-Hazelton
![Image for Portland April 30 [1793],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/761130.jpg?itok=eH4tkDnF)
![Image for Portland April 30 [1793],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/761130-2.jpg?itok=TDfYTNrH)
manuscript postmark with "Sh 16½" rate on folded letter from Cape Francis, Haiti to Boston, endorsed "p Cap Tesley via Portland", very fine, the earliest recorded Portland ship marking, letter from Walter Burling to Samuel Perkins, according to Harvard University the Perkins brothers "entered into a partnership with Walter Burling to form Perkins, Burling & Company; the firm traded in the products of slave labor including sugar, molasses, coffee, and cocoa, as well as enslaved people themselves"