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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
datestamp on cover to Marathon, New York, pair of 2c Brown tied by corks, endorsed "From U.S. Flag Ship Wabash" and contents datelined "U.S. Flag Ship Wabash, At Sea, 300 Miles W.S.W. of Palma", slightly reduced at right, very fine and scarce
datestamp with negative star fancy cancel tying 2c Bureau Issue to cover to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, matching straightline "Ship", manuscript "due 2" with pair of 1c Postage dues, sent by Admiral Charles Dwight Sigsbee, illustrated Knights Templar backstamp, very fine, Sigsbee was the captain of the U.S.S. Maine
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manuscript postmark with "Ship 27" rate on folded lettersheet to Peter Hagner in Washington D.C., rate crossed out as Hagner had franking privilege as Third Auditor of the Treasury Department, very fine, sent by former Georgia governor John Clark who became Federal Indian Agent and "Keeper of the Public Forests" in Florida
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manuscript rate on folded letter from New Orleans to the United States Navy Yard in Pensacola, Florida, very fine
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datestamp with manuscript "Sh 6" rate crossed out and corrected to "18¾", endorsed "Mail via Pensacola", toning along filefolds, otherwise fine
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faint manuscript postmark with matching "Ship" and "8" markings on February 26, 1835 folded letter from Key West to Tallahassee, Florida, endorsed "pr Sch. B. Hawk", very fine, the only recorded example of this St. Marks manuscript postmark, ex-Rice, Thompson, and Morris
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datestamp with matching "Ship" handstamp and manuscript "2" and "6" rates summed to "8" due on folded letter datelined "Key West Jan'y 7, 1840", addressed to Tallahassee, very fine territorial use, letter from Stephen R. Mallory (future Confederate States Secretary of the Navy), ex-Graham
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manuscript rate of St. Augustine on incoming April 3, 1835 folded letter from Charleston, South Carolina, very fine
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datestamp with manuscript "Ship 12" over "7" rate on cover to Ogdensburg, New York, very fine, ex-Light and Morris
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straightline handstamp with manuscript date, with matching "Ship" and manuscript "14½" rate on folded letter to New Orleans datelined "Elizabethtown June 26, 1808", interesting contents including "it is my opinion that the Embargo will not be taken off this year unless Bonaparte declares war, which I think is very probable", very fine, a rare example of the Balize straightline on a historically-significant cover, ex-Gunter and Beals
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red datestamp with matching "Ship" and "10" handstamps on folded letter to New York City, manuscript "2" ship fee added for a total of 12c postage, red "Franqueado Mexico Enero 5" origination postmark, blue straightline "Franco", very fine, Pattersonville (now Patterson) is a very rare port of entry, ex-Gunter
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blue double circle datestamp with manuscript "Ship 7c" rate on folded letter to Brownsville, Texas, endorsed "pr Ed. Barnard", very fine and likely unique ship marking