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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
blue datestamp with matching straightline "Paid" and manuscript "12" rate, endorsed "via Baltimore or Philadelphia", two-line "Jamaica Ship Letter" handstamp applied upon arrival and Kingston backstamp, rated "10" due on arrival some internal splitting along the folds, very fine outgoing ship letter
red datestamp on folded letter to Bethany, Jamaica, with matching straightline "Paid" and "10" handstamp corrected to "12" in manuscript, endorsed "via Baltimore", two-line "Jamaica Ship Letter" handstamp, reverse with Kingston and Mandeville datestamps and "Forwarded by S.P. Cohen Baltimore" oval, very fine outgoing ship letter
red datestamp with manuscript "Ship 20¾" rate on lengthy folded letter from Mandeville, Jamaica to Salem, North Carolina, addressed "Care of Messrs. C. Malabu + Co., Kingston", endorsed "Col. Taylor", very fine, unlisted ship town, interesting contents
datestamp with manuscript "Ship 27" rate on folded letter from Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe to Boston, endorsed "Via Norfolk", forwarded to Hingham, Massachusetts with "Boston Ms. Jun 26" datestamp, 8c forwarding totaled to 35c due, very fine
red datestamp with manuscript "Ship 27" rate on printed prices current from Barbados to Portland, Maine, endorsed "p Franklin to Wilmington", Barry & Bryant forwarding agent notation on reverse, very fine, rare origin
blue datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "12" rate on cover from Guadeloupe to Geneva, New York, flap with manuscript "Rec'd & forwarded by your obd. srv. Elijah Dickinson, Wilmington N.C.", forwarded to Newark, New Jersey with March 26 Geneva datestamp, various rates summed to 24c due, very fine
manuscript postmark on cover from Liverpool to Macon, Georgia via Nassau and Wilmington, addressed to "Col. James H. Burton, Superintendent of Armories, Macon, Geo'a", "Exd" Provost Marshal's censor marking applied at Wilmington, pencil "Recd. July 13th, J.H.B.", very fine and rare blockade run cover from the Burton correspondence, this cover was carried by Cunard's Persia from Liverpool to New York, then by Cunard's Corsica to Nassau, and finally by blockade-runner Will of the Wisp departing Nassau May 26 and arriving Wilmington May 30, ex-Walske
four covers from 1848/1859, Caribbean origins, nice selection of markings, mostly fine to very fine
handsome strike of straightline datestamp with manuscript "Sh 29" rate on folded letter sheet from London To Edenton, North Carolina, very fine, ex-Thompson
datestamp with perfect strike of fancy "Ship." in scroll, manuscript "64½" rate corrected "62½", endorsed "pr Eliza", very fine, original rating of 64½c paid five times the 12½c inland rate plus 2c ship fee, ex-Bolton
datestamp with straightline "Ship" and manuscript "24" rate on folded lettersheet to Philadelphia, perfect strike of crowned "Ship Letter London Dec 7 1807" handstamp, light toning, otherwise very fine
datestamp with straightline "Ship" and manuscript "36" rate on folded lettersheet to St. Simons, Georgia, vertical crease, otherwise very fine