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July 2023
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- The Van Koppersmith Collection of Ship Mail (728) Apply The Van Koppersmith Collection of Ship Mail filter
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datestamp with matching straight line "Ship" and "22" handstamps on cover to Penn Yan, New York, red "Honolulu Hawaiian Islands Jan 17" origination postmark, fine, ex-Golden
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black datestamp with matching arced "Paid 8 Ship" handstamp on cover to Andover, Massachusetts, red "Honolulu U.S. Postage Paid Apr 22" origination postmark, carried to San Francisco by the schooner Ka Moi, very fine, ex-Harris
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datestamp with straight line "Ship" and "12" handstamps on cover to Edgartown, Massachusetts, very fine
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datestamp with straightline "Ship" and "5" handstamps on cover to Gold Springs, California, New South Wales 3p Green tied by barred oval, rimless "Sydney N.S.W. Fe 24 1855" backstamp, light wear, still very fine and scarce
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datestamp with clamshell "Ship 6" handstamp on incoming folded letter from Manila, Philippines, endorsed "pr Lizzie Jarvis" and internally directed "via China", very fine, ex-Lovey
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datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and "22" handstamps on cover to Pen Yan, New York, red "Honolulu Hawaiian Islands Feb 9" origination postmark, carried by the Frances Palmer, very fine double-rate cover, 2004 Philatelic Foundation certificate
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datestamp with clamshell "Ship 6" handstamp on incoming folded letter from Manila, Philippines, endorsed "via China", very fine
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datestamp with clamshell "Ship 6" handstamp on incoming folded letter, endorsed "Jenny Ford", backstamped "Sydney N.S.W. My 27 1856", slightly reduced at right, otherwise fine
datestamp with clamshell "Ship 6" handstamp on incoming folded letter from Bordeaux, France 20c Blue and 40c Orange tied by "441" in diamond of dots, carried privately on Bec d'Ambis with United States Consulate, Bordeaux bill of landing for shipment of vermouth, very fine and scarce, ex-Berkinshaw-Smith
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datestamp with clamshell "Ship 6" handstamp on incoming folded letter, endorsed "Mary Spencer", very fine
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red datestamp with matching clamshell "Ship 6" marking on incoming folded letter sheet, endorsed "P Sarah Warren", very fine, the Sarah Warren was a whaling ship
datestamp with straight line "Ship" handstamp and crayon "14" rate on cover to Nevada, California, endorsed "pr Sea Nymph", light wear, fine, ex-Lovey