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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green oval datestamp with matching Old English "Ship" handstamp and manuscript "14" rate on folded letter from St. Salvador, Brazil to Providence, Rhode Island, endorsed "p. Two Catherines", extremely fine and scarce marking
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red oval datestamp with matching straight line "Ship" and "8" handstamps on 1826 folded letter from Sumidero, Mexico to Bristol, Rhode Island, fine
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red datestamp with matching straight line "Ship" and manuscript "22" rate on folded letter from Port Au Prince, Haiti to Boston, endorsed "Virginia", very fine
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straightline handstamp with manuscript date and "Sh 10" over "20" rate on folded letter to East Greenwich, Rhode Island datelined "Surinam November the 12th, 1797", very fine
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red straightline "Ship" handstamp and manuscript "9" on folded letter datelined "Newport 29th June 1815", very fine and rare, 9c pays the port of entry war rate (6c plus 50% surcharge)
![Image for Ship [Providence, Rhode Island, 1832],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/761340.jpg?itok=qZnloMif)
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red straightline "Ship", "Steamboat", and "Free" handstamps on folded letter from Albany, New York to Redding, Connecticut via Providence, endorsed "Capt Darling will please send this over to the center the town as soon as conveniently can", very fine
![Image for Ship 6 [Providence, Rhode Island, 1833],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/761345.jpg?itok=Kd4OCe1C)
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red straightline "Ship" with manuscript port of entry rate on December 8, 1833 folded letter from Goshen, South Carolina, very fine
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "12" rate on folded letter from Matanzas, Cuba to Boston, very fine
![Image for Paid Ship [Providence, Rhode Island, 1849]](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/761513.jpg?itok=bHnMtOjT)
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red two-line handstamp on April 12, 1849 folded letter from London to Providence, Rhode Island, red Maltese cross and "5 Cents" credit rocking horse, carried by Cunard's America, very fine strikes, an attractive cover, ex-Winter
nine covers ranging from 1807/1850, mostly Cuba origins, nice variety of rates and markings, fine to very fine
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manuscript postmark with "14½ sh" rate on folded lettersheet to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, very fine, ex-White
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mute postmark with matching straightline "Ship" handstamp on folded letter sent from Matanzas, Cuba to Bristol, rhode Island with manuscript "8" rate, endorsed "New Columbia Cap Collins", very fine, business letter that mentions that "The Two Pirates that troubled Capt. French were executed last week during my abscence" ex Flannery