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July 2023
United States Postal History
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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
- The Graham Booth Collection of Transatlantic Mail (103) Apply The Graham Booth Collection of Transatlantic Mail filter
two-line red-brown handstamp on printed oath to the Secretary of State in Augusta, Maine, very fine and attractive example of this scarce marking (ASCC $75)
manuscript postmark with postmaster's free frank on folded lettersheet to Augusta, Maine, light wear, still very fine marking, one of two recorded Ligonia covers, ex-Hazelton (ASCC $300)
manuscript postmark with matching "Paid 5" rate on folded letter to Bangor, Maine, light aging, still very fine and rare, this post office was only open from 1849 to 1853 (ASCC $100)
manuscript postmark with matching "Paid 10" rate on folded letter to South Berwick, Maine, light wear, fine and scarce (ASCC $75)
black straightline handstamp with manuscript date on folded letter to Blue Hill, Maine, matching "Paid" handstamp and manuscript "5", light staining, fine and rare (ASCC $150)
manuscript postmark with postmaster's free frank on folded letter to Bangor, Maine, light wear, very fine marking, just nine examples recorded (ASCC $50)
manuscript postmark with matching "paid 18¾" rate on folded letter to Wakefield, New Hampshire, trivial stain at lower left, very fine, just nine covers recorded from Mattanawcook, this office was only open from 1826 to 1833 (ASCC $50)
manuscript postmark with postmaster's free frank on cover to Bangor, Maine, original enclosure, light wear, still fine and scarce, the ASCC records just six manuscript postmarks from Milford (ASCC $50)
black straightline datestamp with manuscript "Paid 18¾" on folded letter to Augusta, Maine, extremely fine strike, a choice example of this rare postmark of which very few are known (ASCC $300)
two strikes of blue arced datestamp on folded letter to Thomaston, Maine, manuscript "37½" rate, light wear, fine and attractive (ASCC $75)
endorsement on December 7, 1825 folded lettersheet to Bangor, Maine, postmaster's free frank, very fine, mail from New Charleston is exceedingly rare (the ASCC records just two covers) since the town's name was changed to simply Charleston in 1827 after statehood made it unnecessary to differentiate from Massachusetts's Charleston (ASCC $300)
manuscript postmark with matching "10" rate on folded letter to Canaan, Maine, bit of light staining, still very fine and rare, the ASCC records just three North Belmont manuscript postmarks (ASCC $200)