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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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red circular datestamp and manuscript "20¾" rate on folded letter to London, straightline "Paid" and "New-York Aug 8" transit, fine, the sender attempted to prepay the ship fee on an outbound letter leaving 2c wasted
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blue datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "20¾" rate on folded lettersheet from St. Helena to Groton, Connecticut, very fine
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manuscript postmark with "Ship 14½" rate on folded lettersheet to Hadden, Connecticut, fine, rare port of entry, possibly originated in New Orleans
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manuscript postmark with red straightline "Ship" handstamp and manuscript "8" rate corrected to "14" on folded letter from Mobile, Alabama to New York City, endorsed "pr Luis Cass", very fine double-rate cover, rare port of entry
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manuscript postmark with matching "Ship" and "8" markings on folded letter from Havana, Cuba to New York City, endorsed "p Monument", ink bleed, otherwise fine, rare port of entry
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manuscript postmark with "Ship 19" rate on folded letter from Dublin, Ireland to Utica, New York, fine and rare, an unlisted ship marking
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red oval datestamp with matching "Ship" and manuscript "14½" rate on folded lettersheet to Wilmington, Delaware, endorsed "p Maria via New York", very fine and rare unlisted ship marking
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manuscript postmark with matching "Sh 10" rate on folded letter from Waterford, Ireland to Philadelphia, very fine and scarce, unlisted ship town
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datestamp with manuscript "Ship 10/2" rate on folded letter from Liverpool to Philadelphia, endorsed "Consignees" and "John Wells", very fine and rare Delaware City ship letter
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manuscript postmark with "Ship 39½" rate on folded letter from Port Au Prince, Haiti to Philadelphia, endorsed "Randolph", very fine
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manuscript post mark with "Ship 27" rate on folded letter from St. Petersburg, Russia to Boston via Rotterdam, backstamped "Duitsch Grensk to Arnhem", interesting contents relating to the cholera epidemic in Europe, very fine and scarce
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datestamp with manuscript "Ship 7" rate on folded letter to New York City, datelined "Pernambuco Dec 23 1851", endorsed "Brandywine", very fine