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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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folded letter to Edinburgh, Scotland datelined "New York 23d June 1833", endorsed "P United States" on her maiden voyage, backstamped "Liverpool Ship Letter" and July 18 transit, rated "1/7" with boxed "½" added for Scottish wheel tax, very fine and attractive
folded letter to Paris datelined "New York Jan 16th 1836", backstamped "Forwarded Through Hudson's News Room & Foreign Ship Letter Office, New York", boxed "Pays D'Outremer Par Le Havre" handstamp, fine
folded letter to London datelined "New York 5th December 1838", "Forwarded Through Gilpin's Exchange Reading Room and Foreign Letter Office, N. York" oval on reverse, rated "3/2" upon arrival and backstamped "Liverpool Ship Letter" and December 26 London arrival, very fine
red handstamp with manuscript "95¾" quintuple rate January 1, 1838 folded letter from Liverpool to Richmond, Virginia, endorsed "p St. Andrew" (Red Star Line), slight bleed through, very fine, 95¾c pays five times the 18¾c rate plus 2c ship fee
folded letter from London to Kennebunk, Maine dated May 9, 1838, endorsed "p. President", sent under separate cover, red "New-York Ship Jun 11" handstamp, charged "20¾" for inland plus ship fee, very fine
folded letter to London datelined "Baltimore Feb 17th 1838" and endorsed "Per Packet 20th ins't from New York", red "Baltimore Md Feb 18" datestamp and matching straightline "Paid" with "18¾" rate, "New-York Feb 19" transit, backstamped "Dartmouth Ship Letter" with May 13 transit and London May 15 arrival, rated "1/7", very fine and scarce
folded lettersheet to London endorsed "Per Steamer Great Western May 7", departing New York May 7 and arriving Bristol May 22, framed "Bristol Ship Letter" and "1/6" rate, backstamped London May 23, very fine and scarce maiden return voyage cover
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signature on handwritten letter from Samuel Cunard to Israel Whitney who was Treasurer of the Cocheco Manufacturing Company in Boston, offering to supply Sydney coal at a large discount, carried by Black Ball Line's South America, very fine and rare letter from the founder of the British & North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company and later the Cunard Line, ex-Robertson
folded lettersheet to London with blue "Mobile Ala. Jun 5" datestamp and matching straight-line paid", endorsed "Express" and rated "75" for express mail postage (25c regular postage plus 50c express fee), carried by Great Western departing New York June 13 and arriving Bristol June 27, two-line "Bristol Ship Letter" handstamp and rated "1/5", June 28 London backstamp, very fine and scarce
folded lettersheet to London endorsed "Royal William", departing New York January 16 and arriving Liverpool February 3, rated "3/2" upon arrival and with two-line "Liverpool Ship Letter" backstamp, February 4 London arrival, very fine, the final Atlantic voyage of the Royal William
folded lettersheet datelined "Smyrne Turquie 19 Juin 1839", addressed to Boston via Wooley, Bell & Co. forwarders in Liverpool, carried by Eurotas to Malta where letter was disinfected with matching "Purifie Au Lazaret Malte", then by Ramses to Marseille, red crowned "Paid Ship Letter London 10 Jy 10 1839" and manuscript "5/5" double rate, carried on the maiden voyage of the British Queen departing London July 11 and arriving New York July 28, "20¾" American postage including 2c ship fee, reverse slightly repaired and lettersheet missing side flaps, very fine and rare disinfected non-contract steamship letter, ex-Winter
folded letter from New York City to Bordeaux, France dated February 27, 1841, red "Forwarded From Harnden's Package Express & Foreign Letter Office, Wall St., New York" oval handstamp, endorsed "p Steamer Columbia" on her maiden return voyage departing Boston March 2 and arriving Liverpool March 16, backstamped "America/L" oval, London March 17 transit, and French arrival, very fine and scarce