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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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integral rate datestamp on folded letter to Sag Harbor, New York, datelined "Zefanos [Syria], near Trebizond, Sept. 9th 1851", endorsed "Ship" and carried outside the mails, internal splitting and overall aging, fine, scarce origin
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integral rate datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" on cover to Middletown, Connecticut, very fine, a rare datestamp
datestamp with arced "Ship 4" handstamp on cover incoming cover endorsed "Per Hortense", original enclosure, very fine, the earliest recorded use of this "Ship 4"
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datestamp with matching "Ship" and manuscript "2" on cover to Springfield, Massachusetts, 3c Dull red (11A) cancelled with bold "2" handstamp, stamp tied by filefold, very fine
integral rate datestamp with matching "Ship" and "5" handstamps on cover from Faial, Azores to Chelsea, Massachusetts, original enclosure, barely reduced at right, very fine and choice, the only recorded example of this datestamp
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red datestamp with black "2" rate and straightline "Ship" tying 3c Dull Red (26) to cover to Bradford, Vermont, very fine, ex-Wierenga, figure 39 in his United States Incoming Steamship Mail, 1847-1975
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red datestamp with black "Ship" and "5" handstamps on cover from Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadalupe to Portland, Maine, endorsed "Per Brigt. Zouave, Capt. Melanson", fine, interesting letter discussing the Civil War
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datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and "6" handstamps on folded letter from Cap-Haïtien, Haiti to New York City, blue "Forwarded by Wilson, Laroches Co., Cape Haytien" oval handstamp, very fine
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duplex datestamp with fancy two-star shield on folded lettersheet to Philadelphia, matching "Ship" and "6" handstamps, endorsed "pr Elbe via Boston", very fine and attractive, 2003 Philatelic Foundation certificate, ex-Morris
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two-line arced handstamp ties 1c Blue (63, small faults) to incoming cover, endorsed "Per Bark Asor", Boston receiving backstamp, very fine, a very rare example of this handstamp on an incoming ship letter
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datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "8" rate on folded lettersheet to Haverhill, Massachusetts, endorsed "Per Br Eutaw", very fine, the only recorded 8c rate from Boston
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datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and "6" handstamps on cover to Brownfield, Maine, rate crossed out and replaced with manuscript "12", very fine