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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
- Erivan Collection of Western Postal History (229) Apply Erivan Collection of Western Postal History filter
- The Nancy Clark Collection of Maine Postal History (127) Apply The Nancy Clark Collection of Maine Postal History filter
- The Mark Schwartz Collection of Essex County, Massachusetts Postal History (104) Apply The Mark Schwartz Collection of Essex County, Massachusetts Postal History filter
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double circle datestamp ties pair of 5c Buff (67) to red and blue eagle, shield, and waving flag patriotic cover to Portland, Maine, each stamp with neat crossroads fancy cancel, barely reduced at left, very fine and attractive, an extraordinary combination of a western patriotic with fancy cancels
double circle datestamp with matching circle of wedges tying 10c Green (68) to cover to Albany, Illinois, light wear, fine and attractive
circular date stamp with matching "UNION" patriotic star fancy cancel with star at center on 3c "F" grill on cover to Stockton, California, stamp small faults and cover reduced at left, otherwise very fine, a rare and attractive pro-Union fancy cancel from Nevada, illustrated in Skinner-Eno page 102, ex-Haas (Skinner-Eno ST-C 13)
datestamp on cover to Portland, Oregon, franked with 3c Rose with circular grid, trivial reduction at right, light aging, fine,
Ruby City was the original county seat of Owyhee County from 1863 to 1867. In 1864 Silver City was founded a mile to the south and quickly outgrew Ruby City, forcing the closure of its post office in 1867. Manuscript postmarks were used until 1866, placing this cover near the end of the post office's tenure.
incoming 3c Pink entire uprated with 3c Rose (65) from Detroit, Michigan, two strikes of September 24, 1866 datestamp, manuscript "Via Overland Mail to Salt Lake City, Utah" directive at top, small faults along top edge, very fine and attractive
double rim datestamp with duplexed target on locally-addressed 2c Green entire, very fine and choice
double rim datestamp with duplexed target tying 2c Green Bank Note to cover to Boise City, Idaho, very fine and choice early statehood cover
duplex with star in circle on 2c Red entire to Oskaloosa, Iowa, backstampted February 13, edge wear and missing backflap, otherwise fine and scarce, constructed in 1879 Fort Assinnaboine was the largest military installment in Montana and was in service until 1911
origination postmark on 2c Red entire addressed to Wickes, Montana, black "Returned to Writer." handstamp and "Wickes, Mont. Aug 6 1884" datestamp with Maltese cross, additional "Helena Mont. Aug 6 9PM 1884" datestamp, very fine, Wickes is a ghost town in Jefferson County
territorial duplex ties 2c Red Brown to cover to Brewer, Maine, very fine and attractive
black double rim datestamp duplexed with target on 2c Brown entire to Virginia City, Montana, very fine and fresh territorial postmark
double circle datestamp with duplex star in circle on 1c Postal card to St. Paul, Minnesota, printed form on reverse from the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, very fine, Silver City was the first community in Lewis & Clark County, this office closed in 1888