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manuscript postmark with "Ship 14½" rate on folded letter from Haiti to Waldoborough, Maine, endorsed "Pr Brig Favorite", very fine, ex-Hazelton
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manuscript port of entry rate on March 23, 1792 folded letter from Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadalupe to Casco Bay, Maine, very fine, the 1792 rate change didn't come into effect until June 1, ex-Hazelton
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manuscript postmark with "Sh 16½" rate on folded letter from Cape Francis, Haiti to Boston, endorsed "p Cap Tesley via Portland", very fine, the earliest recorded Portland ship marking, letter from Walter Burling to Samuel Perkins, according to Harvard University the Perkins brothers "entered into a partnership with Walter Burling to form Perkins, Burling & Company; the firm traded in the products of slave labor including sugar, molasses, coffee, and cocoa, as well as enslaved people themselves"
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manuscript "Sh 4" port of entry rate on February 10, 1794 folded letter from Barbados to Casco Bay, Maine, very fine, ex-Hazelton
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manuscript postmark with "Sh 20" rate on folded lettersheet to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, endorsed "p Venus", very fine, ex-Lovey
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datestamp with manuscript "Sh 22" rate on folded letter from Bordeaux, France addressed "Passenger on Board the Brig Belisarius, Cap't Homes" in New York City", endorsed "favour Cap't Brown, Schooner Lucretia", very fine
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datestamp with manuscript "Sh 42" on folded letter from Bordeaux, France to Philadelphia, fine
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datestamp with manuscript "Sh 12" rate on folded lettersheet to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, endorsed "Cap't Salter, Ship Eliza, Portland", very fine
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red octagonal datestamp with matching "Ship" in oval handstamp and manuscript "27" rate on folded lettersheet to Columbia, South Carolina, endorsed "P Faber" on reverse, very fine, the only known example of this "Ship" in oval marking
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and "12" rate handstamps on folded letter from New Brunswick to Philadelphia, very fine, a checkmark though the "12" handstamp indicates carriage by Favor's Express
two folded letters from Saint John, New Brunswick to New York City via Portland, first dated January 20, 1851 with red "Portland Me. 23 Jan" datestamp and matching "Ship" and "12" handstamps; second dated July 29, 1852 with black "Portland Me. Jul 31" datestamp and matching "Ship" and "7" handstamps, very fine pair
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datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" handstamp on cover from Le Havre, France to Philadelphia, endorsed "P Steamer of 11th February from Liverpool", franked with France 80c Lake, French and British markings including crowned "Ship Letter London Fe 10 1857", very fine, ex-Hazelton