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July 2023
United States Postal History
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datestamp ties 3c Rose (65) to red and blue seated Liberty patriotic cover to Goldenham, New York, straightline "Due2" handstamp for ship fee, reduced at left into design, otherwise very fine
datestamp on folded letter from St. Thomas to Cambridge, Massachusetts, endorsed "Ship", red oval "Forwarded by G.W. Smith & Co., St. Thomas W.I." backstamp and red oval of forwarder "Joseph Bento New-York", 1864 pencil docketing, very fine and attractive combination of markings
datestamp on folded letter from Southampton, England to New York City, endorsed "Bavaria from Southampton", franked with Great Britain 6p Lilac, London backstamp, very fine
datestamp on folded letter sent from the Bahamas to East Orleans, Massachusetts, manuscript "Forw. by D. Sargent, Inagua, 11th May '56" on reverse, very fine, ex-White
datestamp ties 3c Rose (65) to cover to Philadelphia, straightline "Due 3" handstamp, endorsed "U.S.S. Shenandoah, Fayal [Azores], Jan'y 12th 1865", includes letter from Captain John R. Goldsborough describing his trip across the Atlantic, light wear, still very fine
two strikes of datestamp tie pair of 3c Rose (65) to cover from Fort-Royal (Fort-de-France), Martinique to Fisherville, New Hampshire, original enclosure, some wear, still fine
datestamp on folded letter from Le Havre, France to New York City, endorsed "p Steamer Hermann de Southampton", franked with France 80c Rose, very fine
datestamp on folded letter from Ponce, Puerto Rico to New York City, endorsed "Mary E Jones", blue oval "Forwarded By Wiechers & Co., Ponce P.R." backstamp, very fine
datestamp on folded letter from Curacao to Shark River, New Jersey, original enclosure, very fine, a rare point of origin
15 covers from Thomas Irvine & Co. in Liverpool to Lanman & Kemp in New York City, sent via non-contract steamships, each with the manuscript endorsement of a different steamship, all sent unpaid with "New York Ship Letter 4" due integral rate datestamps, very fine, ex-Winter (on his album pages)
two covers to Lanman & Kemp in New York City, first from Liverpool dated March 21, 1874, endorsed "per Atlantic", "New York Ship Apr 1" datestamp with manuscript "8" due; second from Pará, Brazil dated August 20, 1874, endorsed "pr Maggie Abbot", "New York Ship 16" datestamp with "Due" and "8" handstamps, very fine pair
datestamp on cover from Caracas, Venezuela to East Attleboro Massachusetts, endorsed "Pr Eiche", pencil "Due 6 cts", very fine