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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 with manuscript "Due 6" on folded letter from San Juan, Puerto Rico to New York City, endorsed "pr Webster Barnard", very fine
manuscript postmark with matching "Sh 20½" rate on folded letter from London to New York City, endorsed "p Unity for Philadelphia", very fine, unlisted ship marking
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red straightline postmark with manuscript "Sh 22" rate on folded letter from Clamecy, France to Boston, straightline origin postmark, repaired vertical tear, fine appearance, rare French Revolution letter
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red datestamp with matching straight line "Ship" and manuscript "14½" rate on folded letter from Honduras to Washington, D.C., very fine, ex-Lovey
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "18" on folded letter from Havana to Philadelphia, very fine, ex-Lovey
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "10" rate on folded letter from New Orleans to Philadelphia, endorsed "Danl. Clark, Esq", very fine, ex-Feldman
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datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "18" rate on folded letter from Bordeaux, France to Philadelphia, endorsed "p Ship Independence, Cap'n McConnell", fine and scarce
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "12" rate on folded letter from Trinidad to Baltimore, endorsed "Crescent", very fine
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and "7" handstamps on folded lettersheet to Washington, D.C., very fine and attractive
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datestamp with "Ship" and "2" handstamps on 3c Red Nesbitt entire to Beverly, Massachusetts, pencil docketing reads "Ship Brooklyn, Fort Pickens, June 8, 1861", very fine
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manuscript postmark with manuscript "Sh 14½" rate on folded letter from Haiti to Philadelphia, endorsed "p Cap't Low via Baltimore", fine, the earliest Annapolis ship marking, interesting contents detailing the murder of Americans in Haiti
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straightline postmark with matching "Ship" and manuscript "14½" rate on folded letter from Paris to Philadelphia, endorsed "Essex", very fine and attractive, the U.S.S. Essex was built in 1799 and played an important role in the Barbary Wars and War or 1812, in 1810 she was dispatched to France and returned in July 1811 while the French ports were under British blockade, ex-Risvold