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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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red datestamp with manuscript "12" rate on folded letter from Rotterdam, Netherlands to Morrisville, Pennsylvania, endorsed "Via Havre", Rotterdam October 23 postmark and "P.P.", Paris transit backstamp, very fine
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red datestamp with manuscript "14½" rate on folded letter from Havana, Cuba to Coatesville, Pennsylvania, endorsed "Per Ship Arma to New York", forwarded from Coatesville to York with December 25 postmark, very fine
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manuscript port of entry rate on folded letter from Smyrna, Turkey to New York City, double circle "Purifie au Lazaret Malta" handstamp and scarce disinfected use blue "Paris 4 Janv 40" transit, red "Bureau Maritime" datestamp, manuscript "via Havre", very fine, ex-White
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red datestamp with manuscript "20¾" rate on folded letter from Irvine, England to Montreal Canada, endorsed "Via Liverpool & New York per steamer Liverpool", crowned "Ship Letter Liverpool 6 Fe 6 1839" datestamp with obliterated February 9 strike at right, very fine
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red datestamp with manuscript "12½" rate on folded letter from Paris to Philadelphia, two-line "Forwarded by Yr. Obt. Servts., Paris, Welles & Co." and oval "Forwarded by Gracie & Sargent, New York" backstamps, very fine, ex-White
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red datestamp with manuscript "20¾" rate on folded letter from Glasgow, Scotland to Salem, Massachusetts, crowned "Ship Letter Liverpool Ap20 1839" handstamp, endorsed "pr Liverpool Steamer from Liverpool", very fine, ex-Wierenga (figure 30)
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red datestamp on folded letter sent from London to LaSalle, Illinois, manuscript "Dan'l Webster, f [free] U.S. Senate" frank, very fine, wonderful letter from Webster's second wife Caroline and daughter Julia to Webster's son, Daniel F. Webster (more commonly known as Fletcher Webster), includes reference to seeing Queen Victoria at a service at Westminster Abbey ("The Queen had a blue hat & feathers..."), an extraordinary inbound ship letter from one of America's greatest statesmen
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red datestamp with manuscript "14½" rate on folded letter sent from Florence, Italy to Enfield, Connecticut, black straightline "Firenze", endorsed "via Havre" with French transits, forwarded from Enfield to Amherst, Massachusetts at 10c rate (totaled for 24½c due), very fine
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red datestamp with manuscript "39½" rate on cover from Paris to Richmond, Virginia, black "Received and Forwarded by Y.O.S. R.G. Beasley, U.S. Consul, Havre" octagon backstamp, forwarded to Warminster, Virginia with blue "Richmond Va Feb 27" datestamp and manuscript "25" rate, very fine and attractive
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red datestamp on folded letter from Edinburgh, Scotland to New York City, September 9 origin postmark, manuscript "Private ship", red crowned "Ship Letter Liverpool" backstamp, manuscript "6" rate of New York City for port of entry rate, forwarded to Philadelphia with "12½" due, then from Philadelphia to Lexington, Virginia with October 28 backstamp and "18¾" due, very fine and well-travelled
forwarded to Philadelphia, and then to Lexington, Virginia, Manuscript "8" , "12 1/2" rates, endorsed "Private Ship", fine and well travelled
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two folded lettersheets from Canton, China to Philadelphia via New York City, both endorsed "Navigator" and carried on the same voyage, "New-York Mar 22" with straightline "Ship" and "New-York Ship Mar 23" handstamps respectively, each incorrectly rated "39½" corrected to "27", very fine pair with different markings despite arriving on the same voyage
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" handstamp and manuscript "27" rate on folded letter from St. James, Jamaica to Holland Landing, Upper Canada, August 11 Queenston transit, 27c converted to "1/4½" Canadian plus 9d inland from Queenston to Holland landing for a total of "2/1½" due, very fine, letter discusses a disappointing sugar cane crop