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red ribbon handstamp on incoming folded letter, backstamped "Calcutta G.P.O. Ship Letter 3 Feb 3 1841", endorsed "Per ship Carthage", very fine
red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and circled "27" rate handstamp correcting "20½" rate on folded letter from Gibraltar to Richmond, Virginia, endorsed "p Gauges via Boston", very fine
red ribbon handstamp on December 8, 1846 folded letter from Calcutta, India to Boston, "Calcutta Ship Letter Dec 8 1846" backstamp and boxed "India", endorsed "Overland Mail P. Str Bentink", addressed "Care of Messrs. Baring Brothers, London", London February 1 Maltese cross and Liverpool oval the following day, creases, very fine and attractive, ex-White
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datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and "12" handstamps on cover from Cape Town, South Africa to Philadelphia, endorsed "p. G.T. Kemp", original four-page enclosure, light wear from heavy contents, otherwise very fine
datestamp with manuscript "Ship 20¾" on September 26, 1835 folded letter to Burlington, Vermont, datelined "Bark Rosabella, Lat 30S, long 2W, a thousand miles from Capetown", manuscript "Forwarded by Your Obt. Svt, Isaac Chase, U. States Consul, Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope" on reverse, small tear at bottom, otherwise very fine and rare
red straightline postmark with manuscript date, matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "14½" rate on folded letter from Calcutta, India to Providence, Rhode Island, endorsed "Potter", very fine and rare
manuscript postmark on October 1762 folded letter to Boston, straightline "Martinico" handstamp applied at origin, some toning and internal splitting, fine and extremely rare incoming colonial-era letter from British Martinique, in January and February of 1762 Great Britain launched an invasion of the island of Martinique in a series of actions that also saw the capture of Dominica, St. Lucia, Grenada, and St. Vincent, the island was returned to France after the Treaty of Paris was signed on February 10, 1763
red datestamp with straightline "Ship" handstamp and manuscript "19" rate on folded letter from Sierra Leone to Albany, New York, internal wear, very fine appearance, scarce origin
black straightline handstamp with manuscript "6" port of entry rate on incoming August 4, 1830 folded letter from St. Helena, endorsed "pr Francis, Cap't Williams", very fine, ex-White
red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "20¾" rate on September 26, 1836 folded letter from Bombay, India to Adams, New York, endorsed "Capt. Smith, Ship Cherokee", very fine
blue datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "12" rate on January 4, 1845 folded letter from Penang, Malaysia to Hopkinton, New Hampshire, endorsed "per Bark Three Brothers", very fine, ex-White
red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "7" rate on folded letter from Penang, Malaysia to Hopkinton, New Hampshire, endorsed "pr Brk Three Brothers", very fine, ex-White