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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 manuscript "12½" rate on folded letter sent Paris to Philadelphia, blue Paris origin postmark and boxed "P.P.", black framed "Paquebots du Havre & de New-Yorck" handstamp, carried by the Poland departing November 16, fine
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red datestamp with manuscript "20¾" rate on folded lettersheet to Albany, New York, endorsed "Packet Ship Garrick", very fine, this letter was carried on the first return trip of the Dramatic Line, David Garrick was a leading Shakespearean actor of the 18th Century
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manuscript port of entry rate on incoming April 28, 1836 folded letter from Belfast, (Northern) Ireland, endorsed "England" (Black Ball Line, departing May 1), black framed "Forwarded by Malcomson Bell & Co. Liverpool" handstamp, very fine, ex-Roberts
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manuscript port of entry rate on folded letter from Dublin, Ireland, endorsed "p Carroll of Carrollton", two strikes of red straightline "2nd Delivery" handstamp, very fine, ex-Hahn
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red datestamp with manuscript "12½" rate on folded letter datelined "U.S.S. Peacock, Batavia Roads, Feb. 16, 1836", very fine, personal letter advises that this will be the last letter he will be able to write until the Peacock reaches Canton in October
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red datestamp with manuscript "12" rate on folded letter from Genoa, Italy to Morrisville, Pennsylvania, two-line "P.P. Genova" handstamp, boxed "PF" and "Italie Par Le Pont De Beauvoisis", very fine
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red datestamp on folded letter from Younghall, Ireland to Montreal, Canada, crowned "Ship Letter Liverpool Jy 14 1838" double oval backstamp, manuscript "20¾" rate and "1/5½" Canadian due, very fine, ex-White
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manuscript port of entry rate on incoming cover from La Canea, Crete, George Benton manuscript endorsement at bottom of on folded cover, elaborate Syros (Greece) Lazaretto disinfection station cachet on reverse, enrolled "care of Messrs Fitch Brothers & Co., Marseilles", manuscript "Rec'd & forw'd 25th Aug 1838 by YOS, FB & Co.", Marseille transit and boxed "PD" and Paris backstamp, very fine, the earliest recorded cover from Crete to the United States
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datestamp on folded letter from Paris to Philadelphia, "Bureau Central (Paris) 22 Aout 1838" origination postmark and boxed "P.P.", manuscript "20¾" rate, very fine, ex-White
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red datestamp with manuscript "20¾" rate on folded letter from Liverpool to Boston, endorsed "per steamer Royal William", very fine
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red datestamp with manuscript "12" rate on folded letter from Lausanne, Switzerland to Morrisville, Pennsylvania, endorsed "Via Le Havre et New York", September 17 Berne postmark with matching circled "PP", red boxed "Suiss Par Delle" and "A.E./J.F." handstamps, very fine
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red datestamp with manuscript "12" rate on folded letter sent from Interlaken, Switzerland to Morrisville, Pennsylvania, endorsed "via Le Havre et New York", September 21 origin postmark with "PP" in oval, red boxed "Suisse Par Delle" and "A.E./J.F." handstamps, very fine