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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 ties pair of 2c Bureau Issues to cover to Santa Barbara, California, purple straightline "Ship's 2c. Letter" handstamp alongside, just reduced into righthand stamp, fine cover and a rare marking
datestamp on cover to Hyndon, Minnesota, endorsed "Ships mail" at left, manuscript "Ship Letter Due 4c", very fine, a rare Alaska ship letter
datestamp with matching "Ship. 2" handstamp on cover to Iowa City, Iowa, franked with 2c Bureau issue (tear), San Francisco and Iowa City backstamps, small faults along top edge, fine and rare
datestamp on cover to Glyndon, Minnesota, manuscript "Ship's letter", straightline "Steamer Humboldt" and "Ship Letter, due 2 cents" manuscript corrected to "4", October 24 Seattle transit and Glyndon backstamp, barely reduced at right, very fine and rare, ex-Risvold
datestamp on cover to Glyndon, Minnesota, manuscript "Ship's letter", straightline "Steamer Humboldt" and "Ship letter, Due 2 cents." corrected in pen to "4", October 24 Seattle transit and Glyndon backstamp, opened roughly at right and light stains, still fine and rare
datestamp on cover to Middlebury, Vermont, endorsed "Ship letter", franked with 2c Banknote, very fine, this letter likely arrived on steamer "Idaho"
dateless handstamps tie three New Zealand 2½p Blue to cover front only to London, small portion of backflap remains with "Honolulu H.I. Apr 12 1899" duplex and London receiver, scissor cut into first stamp at left, fine and unusual, apparently treated as a loose ship letter by the Honolulu post office, ex-Honolulu Advertiser
black boxed handstamp on 5c Blue entire from San Francisco to Yokohama, Japan, "Yokohama Japan 10 Apr 98" backstamp, reduced at left into handstamped cornercard, otherwise very fine
group of 10 covers inbound to the United States, wide variety of markings including "U.S. German Sea PO" duplex, "United States Sea P.O." duplex, Matson Navigation Co. boxed handstamp, several "Received from H.M. Ship", and more, generally very fine, a nice variety of uses