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July 2023
United States Postal History
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black three-line backstamp on reverse of 1831 folded letter from Philadelphia to Bordeaux, France, endorsed "p. Packetship de Rham via Havre", boxed "Pays D'Outremer", very fine
red oval backstamp on June 20, 1854 folded letter from Havana, Cuba to paris, June 28 New York transit, very fine
approximately 138 items, begins with 1885 Allan Line Royal Mail Steamers wrapper to London, 1896 illustrated advertising cover from Toronto, several advertising cards, 1858 North American from Quebec to Liverpool with experimental pin handstamp applied upon arrival, several Canada 12½c Green on cover (perforated and imperforate), 1861 North American Maine to Liverpool (ex-Wraith), 1861 Nova Scotian Montreal to Aberdeen (ex-White), 6c Large Queen on 1871 cover to Ireland by Scandinavian, wide variety of Small Queen frankings, 1875 Scandinavian and Nestorian final voyage covers (ex-Cropp), 1859 Bohemian London to Canada maiden voyage, 1861 Anglo Saxon and 1884 Circassian registered covers to Canada, 1864 St. David to Canada maiden voyage, 1858 Calcutta to New York via North American (ex-White), 1860 North American Edinburgh to Virginia with "Portland Me. Am. Pkt. 24" exchange (ex-White) and various other Portland exchange handstamps, 1862 Jura London to Cincinnati with "Chicago Am. Pkt. 24" exchange (ex-Allen), 1861 Anglo Saxon to Ohio with "Detroit Am. Pkt. 24 Paid" exchange (ex-Allen), 1871 Sweden to Illinois via Chicago with depreciated currency handstamp, 1867 Austria to Illinois via Chicago with depreciated currency handstamp (ex-Winter), 1857 Nebraska Territory to Dublin with pair of 12c Black via North American, 1861 Indiana to Ireland with pair of 12c Black via Hibernian, 1862 Red River (Winnipeg) to St. Paul via dogsled then through Chicago, Detroit, Montreal, and Portland and by Anglo Saxon to London, 1880 Polynesian New Jersey to Scotland, 1863 France to New Jersey by Bohemian with pair of France 40c Orange and Portland exchange handstamp, and much more, an extraordinary collection being offered intact, we're confident this would form an extraordinary basis for an exhibit on this storied transatlantic line, viewing a necessity as Mr. Booth's exhibit pages say more than we ever could
71 covers all neatly written up on exhibit pages, ships including Amity, Britannia, Caledonia, Cambridge, Canada, Columbia, Columbus, England, Europe, Fidelia, Florida, Harvest Queen, Hibernia, Isaac Wright, James Cropper, James Monroe, Manchester, Montezuma, Nestor, New York I, New York II, North America, Orpheus, Oxford, Pacific I, Pacific II, South America, William Thompson, and Yorkshire, wide variety of markings and rates including a number of different "Liverpool Ship Letter", forwarding agents, and more, generally fine to very fine, most descriptions include excerpts of contents in addition to postal history information, a wonderful collection, provenances including ex-Manton, Wraith, Tabeart, Doughty and Oakhill
26 covers including November 1822 wrapper carried by Hudson at the end of the first period of operation, 1821 Acasta (Baltimore to Liverpool three years before Black Cross Line), 1827 Hudson with Cowes U.S. Consular backstamp, 1828 Cambria, 1833 President and Sovereign, later ships including Amazon, Henric Hudson, Margaret Evans, Montreal, Samuel Robertson, Southampton, Toronto, Victoria, and Westminster, all generally fine to very fine, a scarce and attractive group of this significant line
17 covers all neatly mounted on exhibit pages, including 1840 Patrick Henry to London, 1819 Robert Fulton to Montreal, 1853 Arabia to New York, 1825 Cortes to London, 1830 York to New York (with "Too Late for 1st Delivery" handstamp), 1829 York to Worcestershire, 1834 Napoleon to Edinburgh, 1840 and 1842 George Washington to Leeds and London, several Roscoe covers 1833-35, 1836 Independence to New York, two 1837 Pennsylvania to London and Montreal, 1843 and 1845 Ashburton to London, and 1846 Henry Clay to New York, generally fine to very fine, an interesting and attractive group
38 covers mounted on exhibit pages, ships including the Atlantic, Baltic, Pacific, Arctic, Ericsson, and Nashville, wide variety of different exchange markings from both sides of the Atlantic, generally fine to very fine, filled with provenances including ex-Tabeart, Needs, White
10 covers mounted on exhibit pages, including 1841 Thomas J. Cope to Yorkshire, 1844 Shenandoah to London and 1842 to Philadelphia, 1835 Pocahontas to Philadelphia and re-mailed to Newport, Rhode Island, 1827 Algonquin to London, 1841 Susquehanna to London (ex-Wraith), 1834 Monongahela to Liverpool, 1821 Tuscarora to Derby, 1827 Montezuma to London, and 1848 Tuscarora II to Philadelphia, generally fine to very fine and most with partial contents transcribed, an interesting group of this scarce and collectible line
approximately 68 items, most of which are written up on exhibit pages, begins with a few 1840s/50s covers but heavily focused on the second half of the 19th Century with better frankings and destinations, several NYFM cancels, 12-rate cover from New York to England, San Francisco to Yorkshire on last voyage of Cuba, and more, generally fine to very fine, an interesting group for the specialist
eight covers mounted on well-annotated exhibit pages, includes 1845 Siddons to New Orleans via New York and returned, 1845 and 1847 Siddons to Philadelphia, 1840 Siddons to London with two-line "Waterford Ship Letter", 1837 Shakespeare to London with framed "Portsmouth Ship Letter", 1840 Garrick to Montreal via New York, and 1847 Garrick from Mobile, Alabama to London with "Way 11" handstamp, generally very fine, a wonderful group of this line
33 items mounted on exhibit pages, begins with 1846 illustrated lettersheet showing her original six-mast design, August 1845 maiden return voyage folded letter from New York to London, 1846 New Orleans to London via New York, August 1852 maiden voyage to Australia folded letter from Worksop to Melbourne with 1sh Green (ex-Ward), November 1852 Melbourne to Sydney with Victoria 2p Yellow brown, January 1853 maiden return voyage Melbourne to England with NSW 3p Sydney View, October 1853 Melbourne to London second return voyage with Victoria 3p Blue (ex-Ashby), November 1853 Sydney to England second return voyage with NSW 3p Queen Victoria, April 1854 London to Sydney franked 1sh underpaying the NSW ship letter rate on scrapped Great Britain voyage (Louis certificate stating that this franking of 1848 10p Brown and two 1854 1p Red is unique), October 1854 Melbourne to Scotland third return voyage with Victoria 1sh Blue (ex-Moreton), October 1854 Melbourne to New Brunswick with Victoria 1sh Blue (ex-Tabeart), May 1857 Sydney to England with two NSW 6p Gray, May 1857 Melbourne to London registered letter with two Victoria 6p Yellow orange and 1sh Rose & blue (ex-Moreton), May 1857 Melbourne to England with Victoria 6p Orange "woodblock" and red "Paid 22 Au 57 Liverpool Ship" handstamp (only used on this voyage), May 1857 Melbourne to Ireland with strip of three Victoria 2p Victoria on Throne, two May 1857 covers from Adelaide to Scotland with South Australia adhesives, May 1861 Victoria to England with Victoria 6p Blue, and more, generally very fine, an extraordinary collection documenting the history of this steamship during her service to both the United States and Australia, replicating this group would be exceedingly difficult
approximately 123 items on exhibit pages, all identified by voyage, an incredible array of uses and markings including several Philadelphia freight money letters, "Steam Boat" handstamp on cover to Albany, Penny Black used with "Exeter Py Post" and "Fore Street Hill Penny Post" handstamps, "Harnden's Express from Boston" handstamp, oval "PL" (Paid Late), two letters referring to the loss of the Columbia in 1843, forwarder's handstamps including "Maze Bristol", "Gilpin's Exchange Reading Room and Foreign Letter Office N. York", "Meyer & Hupeden New York", "George Hart New-York", "Harnden & Co's Foreign Letter Office Phila.", "Meyer & Stucken New York", and "Hale's For. Letr. Office New York", generally fine to very fine, an extraordinary lot documenting the early history of this significant vessel, viewing a necessity as words cannot accurately convey just how many scarce and interesting items are here