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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
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red datestamp with matching straight line "Ship" and manuscript "22" rate on folded letter from London to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, crowned "Paid Ship Letter London Sep 12 1808" handstamp, carried by Falmouth Packet Chesterfield, very fine Embargo period cover
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outgoing folded letter from New York City to Derby, England, rimless "Falmouth Packet Letter" postmark, "Forwarded from New York the 14th dec 1808 by the Lord Chesterfield packet by yr. obdt. servt. Robert Kinder & Co." on reverse, manuscript "2/1" due rating, very fine, letter discusses news of the Non-Intercourse Act effective March 1809, ex-Arnell
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manuscript rate on folded letter from Amsterdam, Netherlands to Providence, Rhode Island, British "Paid Feb 1 1809" circular datestamp, carried by Falmouth Packet Express, very fine
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manuscript port of entry rate on September 20, 1809 folded letter from Liverpool, endorsed "Commodore Rogers", very fine
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manuscript rate on folded lettersheet from London to Philadelphia, red "Paid 8 Oc 8 1811" datestamp and manuscript "6/-" triple rate, carried by Falmouth Packet Queen Charlotte to New York and rated "37½" inland postage, very fine, ex-Arnell
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folded lettersheet mailed from St. Martin's Lane, London (backstamp) to Montreal, Canada "via Halifax", red "Paid 4 Fe 4 1812" handstamp, carried by Falmouth Packet Sandwich on March 1, although marked "via Halifax" this cover was not in the Halifax bag landed at Bermuda April 7 but instead went on to New York in the closed bag for Montreal arriving April 17, very fine and interesting, ex-Arnell and Biales
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manuscript port of entry rate on March 16, 1813 folded letter from Cadiz, Spain, very fine
two folded letters from the same correspondence endorsed "First" and "Second", both datelined "Cadiz March 16th 1813", sent by different ships because of War of 1812 blockade, first with manuscript "6" port of entry rate, second bootlegged with red "New-York 25 Apr" datestamp and manuscript "1" drop letter rate, very fine and interesting pair
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" handstamp and manuscript "37½" rate corrected to "62" on folded letter from Liverpool to Albany, New York, red "Post Paid Withdrawn Ship Letter Liverpool" backstamp, very fine, 62c pays four times the 15c war rate plus 2c ship fee
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "20¾" rate on folded letter from New Orleans to Haddam, Connecticut, very fine war rate ship letter, ex-Lovey
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "27½" war rate on folded letter from Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe to Newburyport, Massachusetts, endorsed "Pr Cap Dale", very fine war rate letter containing contents about the upheaval of trade in the West Indies due to fear of imminent attack by the British
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red straightline "Ship" handstamp and manuscript "9" war rate on September 4, 1815 lettersheet from Liverpool to Montreal, Canada, endorsed "Care of Mr. Boorman, New York", repaired, very fine appearance