Auction Detail
July 2023
United States Postal History
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manuscript postmark with "Ship 22" rate on folded lettersheet from San Sebastian, Spain to Baltimore, very fine and rare origin
straightline handstamp with "18 IV" Franklin mark and manuscript "Sh 12" rate on folded letter from Cadiz, Spain to Newburyport, Massachusetts, very fine
partial red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "20½" rate on folded letter datelined "March 29, 1831, U.S.S. Constellation, Port Mahon [Menorca]", addressed to Morrisville, Pennsylvania, straightline "Quarantine" handstamp, very fine
red datestamp with matching "7" rate on January 14, 1848 folded letter from Port Mahon, Menorca to Schenectady, New York, endorsed "Via Angleterre by the Liverpool & Boston line of Steamers", Marseilles and Liverpool transits, very fine