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 New Bedford Mass Jul 29 [1864],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/760980.jpg?itok=0uI_yyc9)
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datestamp with matching "Ship" handstamp and manuscript "Due 6" on cover to North Rochester, Massachusetts, docketed "Fourth letter, second voyage", very fine
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datestamp with straightline "Ship" handstamp and blue crayon "4" rate on incoming cover, pair of 2c Postage Dues on reverse, slightly reduced at left, otherwise very fine
![Image for New Bedford Mass Dec 16 Ship 6 [ca. 1880],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/760985-2.jpg?itok=SzMUwcZO)
![Image for New Bedford Mass Dec 16 Ship 6 [ca. 1880],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/760985.jpg?itok=GEldKovH)
integral rate datestamp on cover to Dartmouth, Massachusetts, pair of 3c Postage dues tied by targets, small tears, still very fine
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datestamp with matching straightline "Ship." and manuscript "6" due on cover to Boston, contents datelined "Fayal [Azores], Mar. 13/81", endorsed "per Veronica", 1c and 5c Postage dues, small edge faults, fine
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integral rate datestamp on incoming cover from Horta, Azores, pair of 2c Postage Due on reverse, original contents, very fine
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manuscript "4" rate on incoming July 30, 1793 folded letter from Lisbon, Portugal, endorsed "P Leonard", very fine
two items, first 1797 folded letter from Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe with manuscript "4" port of entry fee; second May 22, 1800 folded letter from Kingston, Jamaica with manuscript "6" port of entry fee, very fine pair showing both the 1792 and 1799 port of entry rates
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1799-style datestamp with manuscript "Sh_10" rate on folded lettersheet to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, very fine
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1799-style datestamp with straightline "Ship" and manuscript "10" rate on folded lettersheet to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, forwarded to Dover with two-line "Portsmouth.NH April 15" datestamp and manuscript "8", very fine, the earliest known use of this "Ship" handstamp
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1799-style datestamp with matching straight line "Ship" and manuscript "19" rate on folded letter from Newry, (Northern) Ireland to New York City, fine, ex-Arnell
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datestamp with straight line "Ship" and manuscript "20½" rate on folded letter from Liverpool to Lebanon Springs, New York, endorsed "Ship Carolina", forwarded to Savannah, Georgia at 25c for a combined rate of 45½c, very fine
![Image for Ship 6 [Newburyport, Massachusetts, 1844],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/761030.jpg?itok=q97RnbuZ)
![Image for Ship 6 [Newburyport, Massachusetts, 1844],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/761030-2.jpg?itok=sU5Ii-Ij)
red straightline handstamp and manuscript rate on incoming folded letter from Havana, Cuba to Newburyport, Massachusetts, very fine