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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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manuscript port of entry war rate on October 31, 1815 folded letter from London to New York City, endorsed "p Amazon", very fine, ex-Biales
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red datestamp with manuscript "1½" rate on December 30, 1815 folded letter sent under cover from Montreal, Canada to New York City, very fine, on March 23, 1815 Postmaster General Meigs clarified that the war surcharge did not include drop letters but certain postmasters continued to charge the 1½c drop letter war rate
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February 6, 1817 folded letter from London to Philadelphia, carried by Falmouth Packet Francis Freeling to New York, manuscript "8/8" packet rate, very fine quadruple-rate letter, the highest recorded Falmouth Packet rate
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March 3, 1817 folded letter from Chertsey, England to New York City via Falmouth Packet, red "Paid 4 Mr 4 1817" handstamp, manuscript "2/2" packet rate, very fine, no charge to deliver at port of entry
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and "Free" handstamps on July 26, 1818 folded letter from Havana, Cuba to Washington, D.C., very fine, addressed to Virginia politician Richard Bland Lee who was appointed by President James Madison after the War of 1812 as one of three Commissioners to superintend the reconstruction of the Federal buildings in Washington damaged by British troops
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two folded letters from the same correspondence, first dated August 19, 1818 and with red "New-York Oct 9" datestamp, straightline "Ship", and manuscript "20½" rate; second dated September 1, 1818 and with red "New-York Nov 16" datestamp, straightline "Ship", and manuscript "39" rate, very fine pair
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "20½" rate on folded letter from London to Boston, perfect strike of boxed two-line "Forwarded by Y.O.Sts. Maury & Latham of Liverpool" backstamp, very fine, ex-White
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two folded letters, first dated February 1, 1819 with red "New-York Apr 3" datestamp, straightline "Ship" and manuscript "39" rate; second dated October 16, 1819 with red "New-York Nov 22" datestamp, straightline "Ship" and manuscript "20½" rate, very fine pair
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and "14½" rate on folded letter from Broomfield, England to Philadelphia, endorsed "Per Albion Via N York", London "Post Paid 27 De 1819" datestamp, February 9 Philadelphia backstamp, very fine
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red transit datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "14½" rate on folded letter from Liverpool to Philadelphia, black three-line boxed "Forwarded By T&W. Earle & Co. Liverpool." backstamp, forwarded from Philadelphia to Boston with July 31 datestamp and "18½" due, very fine
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red datestamp with two strikes of matching straightline "Ship" handstamp and manuscript "20½" rate on folded letter from Liverpool to Boston, endorsed "p Cortes via New York", upon arrival re-mailed to Richmond, Virginia with "Boston Ms Oct 21" datestamp and manuscript "25" rate, very fine
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manuscript port of entry rate on incoming folded letter, wonderful strike of red serrated oval "Ship Atlantic, W. Matlock, Sailed July 18" handstamp, very fine