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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
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datestamp on 3c Pink entire to Canton Mills, Maine, red and blue shield patriotic label at top right, very fine and attractive, signed Frajola
datestamp on cover to Philadelphia, "G.W. Smith & Co., St. Thomas, W.I. Printed Price Current" imprint at top, very fine
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datestamp on homemade blockade cover to Philadelphia, made from printed form, no indication of origin, red "Nassau Paid Ja 19 63" postmark strengthened with pencil, red crayon "4" rate and pencil "5 cents" at top, very fine and rare, 1998 Philatelic Foundation certificate
two strikes of datestamp, one tying 3c Rose (65) to cover to Beverly, Massachusetts, black "5" in circle, pencil docketing "Kearsarge, Cadiz Jan 8 1863", reduced at right into stamp, otherwise very fine cover from the Kearsarge correspondence
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datestamp ties 10c Green (35) to cover to Ypsilanti, Michigan, manuscript "Due 8", reduced at right into address, very fine appearance
integral rate datestamp with "1863" year error on July 9, 1864 folded letter from Liverpool to Providence, Rhode Island, endorsed "P Kangaroo, Consignees", "12" handstamp correction over "6" for double weight, very fine, ex-Winter
datestamp on cover from Haiti to Boston, endorsed "pr Echo", very fine strike and cover
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red integral rate datestamp ties 1c Blue (24) to locally-addressed cover, very fine, apparent drop letter use with this postmark used in error
datestamp with erroneous "1863" year date on September 12, 1865 folded letter from Southampton, England to New York City, endorsed "New York from Southampton" and franked with Great Britain 6p Lilac, London backstamp, very fine and scarce use, treated as incoming ship letter although it was carried by New York which was carrying contract mails on this voyage, ex-Winter
![Image for New York Ship Letter 6 Oct 3 [1863],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/761787.jpg?itok=NU2AgOoO)
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datestamp on cover from Matamoros, Mexico to Linn Creek, Missouri, endorsed "Via New York" and "Ship Letter, pr Brig Sibyl", oval sender's handstamp, very fine
datestamp ties 3c Rose (65) to cover to Hudson, New York, straightline "Due 2" handstamp, very fine
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datestamp ties 3c Rose (65) to red and blue seated Liberty patriotic cover to Goldenham, New York, straightline "Due2" handstamp for ship fee, reduced at left into design, otherwise very fine