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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
![Image for Sh 27 [New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1800],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/758224.jpg?itok=kU8L4Cr-)
![Image for Sh 27 [New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1800],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/758224-2.jpg?itok=zaFxvLxV)
manuscript rate on folded letter from London to Newburyport, Massachusetts, endorsed "P the Hunter via N Bedford", very fine
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "12" rate on folded letter to from England to Providence, Rhode Island, light edge wear and some internal splitting, fine, ex-White
![Image for New Bedford. Ms Aug 30 [1811],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/758234.jpg?itok=FldKAPrc)
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "22" rate on folded letter from London to Salem, Massachusetts, endorsed "pr Ship Francis Ann, Capt. Tawney", very fine, ex-Biales
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red datestamp with straightline "Ship" handstamp and manuscript "19" rate on folded letter from Sierra Leone to Albany, New York, internal wear, very fine appearance, scarce origin
![Image for New Bedford Ms June 29 [1825],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/758244.jpg?itok=89Oal7X0)
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datestamp with matching straight line "Ship" and manuscript "12" rate on printed prices current with lengthy letter from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Providence, Rhode Island, endorsed "p Ceres", very fine
![Image for New Bedford. Ms Nov 12 [1827],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/758249.jpg?itok=adrzC5_e)
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "14½" rate on folded lettersheet to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, very fine
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![Image for New Bedford Ms. Feb 20 [1847],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/files-local/styles/gallery-small/public/Lot 2187-1.jpg?itok=DJpy4pcj)
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and "7" handstamps on folded letter to Nantucket, Massachusetts, datelined "At sea on the off Shore Ground" with coordinates near the Galápagos Islands, small water stain, very fine, interesting whaling letter
![Image for New Bedford Ms. Jun 25 [1850],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/760955.jpg?itok=n1DmQrqs)
![Image for New Bedford Ms. Jun 25 [1850],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/760955-2.jpg?itok=EjDzVtk3)
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blue datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and "7" handstamps on folded letter from Callao, Peru to North Rochester Massachusetts, very fine, interesting whaling contents, ex-Wierenga
![Image for New Bedford Mass Apr 7 [ca. 1855],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/760965.jpg?itok=xD3UchWk)
![Image for New Bedford Mass Apr 7 [ca. 1855],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/760965-2.jpg?itok=YHNvXV9y)
blue datestamp with matching straight line "Ship" and "5" handstamps on cover to North Marshfield, very fine, includes 1951 letter from Stanley Ashbrook with notes on this cover
![Image for New Bedford Mass Sep 26 [1855],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/760960.jpg?itok=gUnJyNqr)
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![Image for New Bedford Mass Sep 26 [1855],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/files-local/styles/gallery-small/public/Lot 2190-1.jpg?itok=MI9y9f1o)
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blue datestamp with matching straight line "Ship" and "5" handstamps on cover to Rock, Massachusetts, mailed from the whaler Tropic Bird at Faial in the Azores, forwarded to South Dartmouth, Massachusetts with September 27 manuscript postmark, original contents, very fine, 2c ship fee combined with 3c inland and 3c forwarding for a total of 8c due
![Image for New Bedford, Mass. Jan 16 [ca. 1859],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/760975.jpg?itok=bfGdBfwP)
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datestamp with straightline "Ship" and "5" rate handstamp on cover to Holmes Hole, Massachusetts, endorsed "pr Bk Susan Jane", very fine
datestamp ties pair of 3c Dull red (26) to cover from Bagatelle, France to Boston, matching straightline "Ship" and blue crayon "5" rate, very fine, interesting contents mentioning the Battle of Magenta in the Franco-Austrian War