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
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datestamp with matching "Ship" and "5" handstamps on folded letter from Buenos Aires, Argentina to New York City, endorsed "pr Wm Schroder", blue sender's handstamp, very fine, ex-White
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datestamp with straight line "Ship" and manuscript "8" rate on folded letter from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Philadelphia, endorsed "P Swallow", very fine, ex-White
datestamp with straightline "Ship" and "5" rate handstamps on cover from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Butternuts, New York, endorsed "pr Salem", original enclosure, small edge faults, fine, ex-White
15 covers ranging from 1798/1855, better items beginning with 1798 folded letter from London with red straightline, origins including Montevideo, Calcutta, and Batavia, and more, variety of different markings and rates, fine to very fine and ideal for further study
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datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" handstamp on cover from Havana, Cuba to Yarmouth, Maine, repairs including bottom right corner replaced, fine appearance, a rare port of entry
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manuscript postmark with "Sh 19" rate on folded lettersheet to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, endorsed "p Schooner Wellfleet, Captain Sweet", very fine, a rare unlisted port of entry, ex-Thompson
red-brown datestamp with manuscript "Ship" and "5" rate handstamp on folded letter sent from Jacmel, Haiti to Boston, endorsed "Clara", internal separations, fine appearance, unlisted ship town
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manuscript postmark on incoming folded letter from Havana, Cuba to Yarmouth, Massachusetts, manuscript "Sh 14½" rate, cover toning, still fine, unlisted
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manuscript postmark with matching "Sh 22" rate on folded letter to Philadelphia, written at sea December 20, 1811, light aging, fine
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datestamp on folded letter from Havana, Cuba to Providence, Rhode Island, manuscript "Sh 18" rate, very fine, interesting contents from a ship captain who finds no market for his cargo and instead finds it better to sell his ship with the cargo due to the threats against Americans by British Admiral Alexander Cochrane ("The late orders of Admiral Cochrane are such with regard to Americans found on board of neutral, that I do not think it prudent to undertake any further speculation, or to place your property at risk any more")
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lime green straightline handstamp with manuscript "6" rate on folded letter from Matanzas, Cuba to Bristol, Rhode Island, endorsed "p. Sch. Rolla, Capt. Crossman", extremely fine
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "12" rate on folded letter to from Mantanzas, Cuba, to Boston, Massachusetts, very fine