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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 with indistinct Boston postmark on March 3, 1841 folded letter from Liverpool to Boston, framed "Paid at Liverpool Mr 4 1841" handstamp, forwarded to New Orleans and rated "75", endorsed "Steamboat", very fine quadruple rate cover
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red oval backstamp with matching straightline "Pr. Caledonia" on July 13, 1841 folded letter from Havana, Cuba to London, additional "Forwarded By Goodhue & Co., New York" backstamp, August 15 London arrival, very fine, Ward used name-of-ship handstamped directives
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red oval handstamp with matching straightline "Pr. Acadia" on July 14, 1842 folded letter from Havana, Cuba to London, additional "Forwarded By Goodhue & Co., New York" backstamp, internally endorsed "p Teviot" (Royal Mail Steam Packet), August 14 London arrival backstamp, very fine, Ward used name-of-ship handstamped directives
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red datestamp with matching "Ship 6" in ribbon on incoming folded lettersheet, black "Prince Edward Island 1 Oct 1841" origination postmark with matching "Paid" in circle, endorsed "to the lines", redirected to Charleston, Massachusetts, very fine, ex-White
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red datestamp with manuscript "20¾" rate on tax office circular from London to Edgerton, New Jersey, endorsed "OHMS" and with crowned "Paid 2 No 2 1841" handstamp, rare "four-arc lozenge" of Liverpool, carried on Cunard's Caledonia to Boston, very fine, ex-Boettger
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red datestamp with manuscript "27" rate on folded letter from Armagh, (Northern) Ireland to Port Gibson, Mississippi, "Armagh De 13 1841" datestamp, boxed "Paid De14M 1841" transit and "Glasslough" backstamp, endorsed "Via Liverpool to North America", very fine
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red ribbon handstamp of Boston on incoming February 28, 1842 folded letter from Le Havre, France, endorsed "pr Liverpool Steamer", bold strike of crowned "Paid Ship Letter London 2 Mr 2 1842" handstamp, very fine, ex-White
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red datestamp with matching "20.3" handstamp on folded letter from Manchester, England to Philadelphia, endorsed "By Steamer from Liverpool", carried by Cunard's Columbia which broke a shaft in transit 450 miles out from Halifax and had to proceed under canvas the remainder of the voyage, mail was carried to Boston by Unicorn of the Cunard Quebec- Pictou feeder service, arriving March 27, very fine, ex-White
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red datestamp with matching "20.3" rate handstamp on folded letter from London to New York City, London tombstone and Liverpool lozenge, carried by Cunard's Columbia, very fine, scarce combination of markings
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red datestamp with matching small "27" rate handstamp on folded lettersheet from Paris, France to New Orleans, April 11 Bureau Central origination datestamp with boxed "PD", London (April 13) and Liverpool (April 15) transits, carried by Cunard Line Hibernia departing Liverpool April 19 and arriving Boston May 4, vertical crease, very fine, this "27" due handstamp of Boston is unique, ex-Winter and Schwartz
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red datestamp with matching "39½" rate handstamp crossed out and re-rated with manuscript "44" on folded letter from London to New York City, endorsed "P Steamer via Halifax", London June 17 tombstone and Liverpool transit, very fine, 39½ rate unlisted in Blake
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red datestamp with matching "20.3" rate handstamp on folded letter from Hull, England to New York City, endorsed "via Liverpool", backstamped "L/D 19JU43", very fine