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datestamp with perfect strike of fancy "Ship." in scroll, manuscript "64½" rate corrected "62½", endorsed "pr Eliza", very fine, original rating of 64½c paid five times the 12½c inland rate plus 2c ship fee, ex-Bolton
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datestamp with straightline "Ship" and manuscript "24" rate on folded lettersheet to Philadelphia, perfect strike of crowned "Ship Letter London Dec 7 1807" handstamp, light toning, otherwise very fine
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datestamp with straightline "Ship" and manuscript "36" rate on folded lettersheet to St. Simons, Georgia, vertical crease, otherwise very fine
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "14½" rate on folded letter from New Orleans to Savannah, Georgia, fine
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "27" rate on folded letter from St. Augustine, Florida to New York City, very fine, ex-Lovey
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "77" rate on folded letter from Havana, Cuba to New York City, endorsed "per Express Mail" and "By Charleston", very fine, 77c pays triple the 25c express rate plus 2c ship fee, an extraordinarily scarce rate, ex-Milgram
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red "6" port of entry rate handstamp on incoming folded letter from New York City, endorsed "Care of Mr. Friff, Edisto Island", very fine, a scarce and unusual rate
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red datestamp with matching "12" in circle rate handstamp on folded lettersheet from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Boston (Appleton correspondence), very fine, unusual without any ship notation
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datestamp on folded letter from Santiago de Cuba to New York City, very fine
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manuscript notation on incoming cover to Charleston, South Carolina, pencil "Sep 28" docketing, very fine and rare Confederate blockade-run ship letter, the addressee, Major Edward McCrady, enrolled in June 1861 and was appointed Major of his regiment that December, he was wounded during Second Manassas in August 1862, he later served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1880 to 1890
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bold black strike of Charleston "6" rate handstamp on cover from Tours, France, very fine, carried by Cunard's Persia from Liverpool to New York, then Cunard's Corsica to Nassau, and finally blockade-runner Syren departing Nassau August 31 to Charleston arriving September 4, contains letter numbers 48 and 49 from the Burckmyer correspondence, Burckmyer was probably a shareholder in the Charleston Importing & Exporting Co. which owned the Syren, ex-Birkinbine
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datestamp with matching "Ship" in oval and circled "Due 6" handstamps on folded letter from Santiago de Cuba to New York City, sender's datestamp at lower right, very fine, unlisted ship marking