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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
manuscript postmark with matching "Ship 12" rate on incoming folded letter from Liverpool to Boston, endorsed "P. Farma", very fine and rare, unlisted
manuscript postmark with matching "Ship 14½" rate on incoming folded letter from London to Boston, endorsed "Pr America", very fine
manuscript postmark with matching "Ship 14½" rate on incoming folded letter to Boston from Havana, Cuba, endorsed "Mary + Eliza", very fine
manuscript postmark with matching "Ship 14½" rate on folded printed prices current to Boston from Bahia, Brazil, very fine
red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" handstamp and manuscript "7" rate on incoming folded letter to Boston, datelined "Tahiti, June 17, 1845", endorsed "p. Three Brothers", very fine, rare origin
red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "12" rate on folded letter datelined "Maui [Hawaii], Oct. 7, 1845", lengthy contents, even toning, still fine and rare, ex-Golden
datestamp with manuscript "Ship 20¾" on September 26, 1835 folded letter to Burlington, Vermont, datelined "Bark Rosabella, Lat 30S, long 2W, a thousand miles from Capetown", manuscript "Forwarded by Your Obt. Svt, Isaac Chase, U. States Consul, Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope" on reverse, small tear at bottom, otherwise very fine and rare
red datestamp with matching boxed "Ship" on folded letter from Pictou, Nova Scotia, 6c implicit due, very fine and scarce
red straightline postmark with manuscript date, matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "14½" rate on folded letter from Calcutta, India to Providence, Rhode Island, endorsed "Potter", very fine and rare
datestamp with manuscript "Sh 19" re-rated to "22" on folded letter from Rotterdam, Netherlands to Philadelphia, endorsed "Pr Captn J. Webber via Cape Ann", very fine
bold red double circle datestamp with manuscript date and "Ship 20 1/2" rate on folded letter from Cadiz, Spain to Portsmouth, Maine, endorsed "P the Levant via Salem", very fine
manuscript postmark with matching "Ship" and "27" rate on folded lettersheet from Smyrna, Turkey to Boston, endorsed "p Sea Eagle, W. G. P.", very fine