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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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straightline handstamp with manuscript "Sh 29" rate on folded lettersheet to Louisville, Georgia, fine, addressed to "His Excellence, the Governor of the State of Georgia" who at the time was James Jackson
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datestamp with fancy "Ship" in scroll handstamp and manuscript "14½" rate on folded letter from Liverpool to Charlestown, South Carolina, endorsed "pr Hope, H Dowson, QDC", very fine
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datestamp with "Ship" in scroll and manuscript "12" rate on folded letter sheet to St. Simons, Georgia, endorsed "p Elizabeth", fine
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datestamp with "Ship" in scroll cancel and manuscript "27" rate on folded letter to Providence, Rhode Island, datelined "Ship Patterson off the Button, in the Strait of Sunda, May 16th, 1817", very fine
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datestamp with straightline "Ship" and manuscript "27" rate on folded letter from Havana, Cuba to Castine, Maine, very fine
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red datestamp with matching straight line "Ship" and manuscript "27" rate on October 26, 1842 folded letter from Havana, Cuba to London, endorsed "Str Britannia", black oval "Forwarded By Collomb & Iselin, New York" backstamp, red "Forwarded from Harnden's Package Express & Foreign Letter Office, No. 8 Court St. Boston" oval, London backstamp, very fine
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red datestamp with matching italic "Ship" handstamp and manuscript "27" rate on folded letter from Matanzas, Cuba to Portland, Maine, very fine, ex-White
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red datestamp with matching italic "Ship" and circled "12" handstamps on folded letter from New York City to New Orleans, endorsed "Sav. Steam. under ½oz.", very fine, carried into Savannah by the steamship Tennessee on her fourth voyage, treated as a ship letter since the New York and Savannah Steamship Co. had no mail contract, ex-Wierenga (figure 125)
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datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and "5" handstamps on cover to Charlestown, Massachusetts, docketed "From U.S. Flag S. Constellation, C. Africa", very fine
eight covers from the 1820s/1854, variety of markings including several circled "12" handstamps, nice strike of "Ship" in scroll, and more, mostly Caribbean origins, fine to very fine
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red datestamp with manuscript "Ship 27" rate on folded letter from Key West, Florida to Boston, very fine and scarce, a Star Route from Key West was not contracted until 1850
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datestamp with blue straightline "Ship" on 3c Red Star Die entire to New York City, pencil "Due 9" marking, some wear and missing backflap, still fine