Auction Detail
July 2023
United States Postal History
Prices Realized Now Online
four folded letters from Cuba to England ranging from 1824/1847, two earliest with green handstamps, fine to very fine
![Image for Boston Ms Jul 27 [1828],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/754788-3.jpg?itok=KAdPDgvv)
![Image for Boston Ms Jul 27 [1828],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/754788.jpg?itok=v61QCdQv)
red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and "Quarantine" handstamps and manuscript "12" rate on folded letter to Kingston, Massachusetts, originating in Havana, Cuba, endorsed "Grecian", very fine
![Image for Ship [Boston, Massachusetts, 1831]](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/755408.jpg?itok=L0bUJXTU)
![Image for Ship [Boston, Massachusetts, 1831]](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/755408-2.jpg?itok=739tJYJO)
![Image for Ship [Boston, Massachusetts, 1831]](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Update/755408-01.jpg?itok=4JF6bBCM)
two strikes of red straightline "Ship" handstamp with manuscript "152" rate on folded letter from Matanzas, Cuba to Philadelphia, endorsed "Boy", light wear, very fine, interesting contents from Lewis Shoemaker, U.S. Consul in Matanzas, $1.52 paid eight times the 18¾c rate plus 2c ship fee
![Image for Forwd. by T.W. Ward, Boston [1841],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/754357.jpg?itok=1sY6EonE)
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red oval backstamp with matching straightline "Pr. Caledonia" on July 13, 1841 folded letter from Havana, Cuba to London, additional "Forwarded By Goodhue & Co., New York" backstamp, August 15 London arrival, very fine, Ward used name-of-ship handstamped directives
![Image for Boston Mas. Oct 15 [1846],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/755033-3.jpg?itok=gpCHEXLE)
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red datestamp with matching "7" rate handstamp and manuscript "Ship" on folded letter from Matanzas, Cuba to Portland, Maine, endorsed "p Polka" very fine, illustrated in Blake, an unusual use of this ship marking
![Image for Edgartown Nov 4th [1822],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757838.jpg?itok=oMkwQVs8)
![Image for Edgartown Nov 4th [1822],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757838-2.jpg?itok=lv3X_a79)
manuscript postmark with matching "Ship 14½" rate on incoming folded letter to Boston from Havana, Cuba, endorsed "Mary + Eliza", very fine
![Image for Holmes Hole Ma Oct 3 (Ship) [1836],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/761445.jpg?itok=ZJ2uB7rE)
![Image for Holmes Hole Ma Oct 3 (Ship) [1836],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/761445-2.jpg?itok=7BC3pMxK)
manuscript postmark with matching "14½" rate on folded letter from Havana, Cuba to Boston, endorsed "pr "Charles Wells"", very fine, ex-White
![Image for Holmes Hole Ms. Jul 29 [1847],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/761455.jpg?itok=gyYm2h8U)
![Image for Holmes Hole Ms. Jul 29 [1847],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/761455-2.jpg?itok=I0t9W_1b)
red datestamp with manuscript "Ship" and "7" rate on folded letter from Havana, Cuba to Boston, endorsed "Montreal", very fine
![Image for Plymouth Mass. Jun 21 [1841],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/761120.jpg?itok=Xx_buHur)
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red datestamp with manuscript "Ship" and "22" rate on folded letter from Matanzas, Cuba to Boston, endorsed "two Sheets" and "pr Brig Essen", very fine, ex-White
![Image for Bristol R.I. April 22 [1811],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757495.jpg?itok=PzxmNzqD)
![Image for Bristol R.I. April 22 [1811],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757495-2.jpg?itok=BbBcOo_L)
manuscript postmark on incoming folded letter from Havana, Cuba to Yarmouth, Massachusetts, manuscript "Sh 14½" rate, cover toning, still fine, unlisted