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datestamp with clamshell "Ship 6" handstamp on incoming folded letter from Bordeaux, France 20c Blue and 40c Orange tied by "441" in diamond of dots, carried privately on Bec d'Ambis with United States Consulate, Bordeaux bill of landing for shipment of vermouth, very fine and scarce, ex-Berkinshaw-Smith
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datestamp with clamshell "Ship 6" handstamp on incoming folded letter, endorsed "Mary Spencer", very fine
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red datestamp with matching clamshell "Ship 6" marking on incoming folded letter sheet, endorsed "P Sarah Warren", very fine, the Sarah Warren was a whaling ship
datestamp with straight line "Ship" handstamp and crayon "14" rate on cover to Nevada, California, endorsed "pr Sea Nymph", light wear, fine, ex-Lovey
red datestamp with manuscript "22" rate on cover to Edgartown, Massachusetts, red "Honolulu U.S. Postage Paid Apr 18" origination postmark, small edge faults, fine and scarce
datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and "12" handstamps on cover from Paita, Peru to New Bedford, Massachusetts, backstamped November 18, very fine, a rare origin
datestamp with matching arced "Ship 5" handstamp on incoming cover (Diblee correspondence), small tear at top, otherwise very fine
double circle datestamp ties New South Whales 6p Violet to incoming folded letter from Newcastle, New South Wales, black arced "Ship 5" handstamp, very fine
datestamp with matching straightline "Ship.12" handstamp on cover to St. Barrington, Massachusetts, red "Honolulu Hawaiian Islands Feb 17" origination handstamp, very fine
double circle datestamp with matching straightline "Ship 4" on incoming cover, New South Wales 6p Violet (cute to shape) tied by Sydney July 2 datestamp, endorsed "per E.C. Felter", fine
double circle datestamp with straightline "Ship" and "Due 12" handstamps on incoming folded letter datelined "Liverpool, 8th March, 1865", endorsed "pr Garland Consignees", fine, 12c pays three times the 4c rate for locally-addressed private ship letters, transit took five months via Cape Horn
double circle datestamp with straight line "Ship 6" handstamp on cover to New Bedford, Massachusetts, "Honolulu Hawaiian Islands Jul 25" origination postmark, New Bedford backstamp, address panel restored, very fine