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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 ribbon handstamp on folded letter from Hackney, London to Boston, red crowed "Paid Ship Letter London 30 Oct 1816" handstamp, very fine, the earliest known use of the "Ship 6" ribbon handstamp
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "12" rate on folded letter from London to Plymouth, Massachusetts, scarce blue "Ship Milo, S.G. Bronson, Sail.d Mar 27" handstamp, very fine, ex-Blake
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "12" rate on folded letter from New Orleans to Spencer, Massachusetts datelined, endorsed "Pr. Sally & Esther", very fine, earliest recorded use of this straightline "Ship"
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and "Quarantine" handstamps and manuscript "12" rate on folded letter to Kingston, Massachusetts, originating in Havana, Cuba, endorsed "Grecian", very fine
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "77" rate on cover from London to New Orleans, "On His Majesty's Service." and "War-Office." imprints, clear strike of crowned "Free 10 De 1830" datestamp of London alongside foreign branch "A" in circle inspectors mark, returned to England with "G.P. Office Dead Letter" handstamp, some wear to be expected, still fine very scarce, ex-Booth
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partial red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "20½" rate on folded letter datelined "March 29, 1831, U.S.S. Constellation, Port Mahon [Menorca]", addressed to Morrisville, Pennsylvania, straightline "Quarantine" handstamp, very fine
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two strikes of red straightline "Ship" handstamp with manuscript "152" rate on folded letter from Matanzas, Cuba to Philadelphia, endorsed "Boy", light wear, very fine, interesting contents from Lewis Shoemaker, U.S. Consul in Matanzas, $1.52 paid eight times the 18¾c rate plus 2c ship fee
![Image for Boston Ms May 24 [1836],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/754813-3.jpg?itok=OCogjP7N)
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "20¾" rate on January 23, 1836 folded letter to from Calcutta, India to Philadelphia, carried privately on Nabob to Boston, fine and rare, ex-Pullin
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "12" rate on folded letter to Fall River, Massachusetts from Halifax, Nova Scotia, endorsed "Nexana via Boston", very fine
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and Manuscript "20 3/4" rate on folded letter to New York City datelined Smyrna, Turkey, endorsed "E. Madora Capt Fletcher" very fine
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red datestamp and manuscript "20¾" rate on October 19, 1840 folded letter from Birmingham, England to New York City, boxed "Paid at Birmingham" handstamp, carried by Cunard's Britannia, very fine, ex-White
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red ribbon handstamp on incoming folded letter, backstamped "Calcutta G.P.O. Ship Letter 3 Feb 3 1841", endorsed "Per ship Carthage", very fine