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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
![Image for Edgartown Feb 20 [1810],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757818.jpg?itok=kEpqrXUy)
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manuscript postmark with matching "Ship 14½" rate on incoming folded letter from London to Boston, endorsed "Pr America", very fine
![Image for Edgartown Nov 4th [1822],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757838.jpg?itok=Q7DL8qvp)
![Image for Edgartown Nov 4th [1822],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757838-2.jpg?itok=XEiXPjvq)
manuscript postmark with matching "Ship 14½" rate on incoming folded letter to Boston from Havana, Cuba, endorsed "Mary + Eliza", very fine
![Image for Edgartown Ms May 7 [1839],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757853.jpg?itok=lrfyahS1)
![Image for Edgartown Ms May 7 [1839],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757853-2.jpg?itok=q0w08Dmz)
manuscript postmark with matching "Ship 14½" rate on folded printed prices current to Boston from Bahia, Brazil, very fine
![Image for Edgartown Ms. Nov 8 [1845],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757948.jpg?itok=xAIpNgmB)
![Image for Edgartown Ms. Nov 8 [1845],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757948-2.jpg?itok=4aGeSWjI)
![Image for Edgartown Ms. Nov 8 [1845],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/files-local/styles/gallery-small/public/Lot 2161-1.jpg?itok=INP6krAV)
![Image for Edgartown Ms. Nov 8 [1845],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/files-local/styles/gallery-small/public/Lot 2161-2.jpg?itok=jpeF0hUf)
red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" handstamp and manuscript "7" rate on incoming folded letter to Boston, datelined "Tahiti, June 17, 1845", endorsed "p. Three Brothers", very fine, rare origin
![Image for Fair Haven Mass Apr 13 [1835],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/758003.jpg?itok=XQ0Y1g0x)
![Image for Fair Haven Mass Apr 13 [1835],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/758003-2.jpg?itok=8MksGB8z)
![Image for Fair Haven Mass Apr 13 [1835],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/files-local/styles/gallery-small/public/Lot 2162-1.jpg?itok=Jd9bmV4D)
![Image for Fair Haven Mass Apr 13 [1835],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/files-local/styles/gallery-small/public/Lot 2162-2.jpg?itok=XIfl6JJS)
![Image for Fair Haven Mass Apr 13 [1835],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/files-local/styles/gallery-small/public/Lot 2162-3.jpg?itok=shakuSeQ)
red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "12" rate on folded letter datelined "Maui [Hawaii], Oct. 7, 1845", lengthy contents, even toning, still fine and rare, ex-Golden
![Image for Fair Haven Mass Jan 3 [1836],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757983.jpg?itok=aVJgZZZc)
![Image for Fair Haven Mass Jan 3 [1836],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757983-2.jpg?itok=TvFFJgEe)
![Image for Fair Haven Mass Jan 3 [1836],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Update/757983-01.jpg?itok=rZplXlZn)
![Image for Fair Haven Mass Jan 3 [1836],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Update/757983-02.jpg?itok=PqN3MjoK)
![Image for Fair Haven Mass Jan 3 [1836],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Update/757983-03.jpg?itok=L9qXHZcR)
datestamp with manuscript "Ship 20¾" on September 26, 1835 folded letter to Burlington, Vermont, datelined "Bark Rosabella, Lat 30S, long 2W, a thousand miles from Capetown", manuscript "Forwarded by Your Obt. Svt, Isaac Chase, U. States Consul, Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope" on reverse, small tear at bottom, otherwise very fine and rare
![Image for Fall River Ma. Jul 14 [1837],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/758013.jpg?itok=kWh_qVwA)
![Image for Fall River Ma. Jul 14 [1837],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/758013-2.jpg?itok=tDwWnfkE)
red datestamp with matching boxed "Ship" on folded letter from Pictou, Nova Scotia, 6c implicit due, very fine and scarce
![Image for Falmouth.Ms. Dec 17th [1818],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/758018.jpg?itok=edSLmu9H)
![Image for Falmouth.Ms. Dec 17th [1818],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/758018-2.jpg?itok=8h_yaJGW)
![Image for Falmouth.Ms. Dec 17th [1818],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Update/758018.jpg?itok=nY9eUp7Q)
red straightline postmark with manuscript date, matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "14½" rate on folded letter from Calcutta, India to Providence, Rhode Island, endorsed "Potter", very fine and rare
![Image for Gloucester Ma Dec 3 [1806],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/761415.jpg?itok=y5LztqV2)
![Image for Gloucester Ma Dec 3 [1806],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/761415-2.jpg?itok=JZav9PXl)
datestamp with manuscript "Sh 19" re-rated to "22" on folded letter from Rotterdam, Netherlands to Philadelphia, endorsed "Pr Captn J. Webber via Cape Ann", very fine
![Image for Holmes Hole Mas Dec 5 [1821],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/761435.jpg?itok=tzanYcDw)
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bold red double circle datestamp with manuscript date and "Ship 20 1/2" rate on folded letter from Cadiz, Spain to Portsmouth, Maine, endorsed "P the Levant via Salem", very fine
![Image for Holmes Hole Ma Dec 26 [ca. 1830],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/761440.jpg?itok=Ti5uVc34)
![Image for Holmes Hole Ma Dec 26 [ca. 1830],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/761440-2.jpg?itok=6tAay6sD)
manuscript postmark with matching "Ship" and "27" rate on folded lettersheet from Smyrna, Turkey to Boston, endorsed "p Sea Eagle, W. G. P.", very fine
![Image for Holmes Hole Ma Oct 3 (Ship) [1836],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/761445.jpg?itok=R26wMpEW)
![Image for Holmes Hole Ma Oct 3 (Ship) [1836],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/761445-2.jpg?itok=nNyZ5QrX)
manuscript postmark with matching "14½" rate on folded letter from Havana, Cuba to Boston, endorsed "pr "Charles Wells"", very fine, ex-White