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July 2023
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red datestamp with matching "22" rate handstamp on folded letter from Paris to Washington, DC, endorsed "via Southampton", French transit and boxed "PD", London and Liverpool transits, carried on Cunard's Niagara on her third of four restored rate period voyages, very fine, 22c pays double inland postage plus 2c ship fee, ex-Van der Linden and Walske
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black datestamp with matching "24" rate handstamp on folded letter from Liverpool to Petersburg, Virginia, Liverpool backstamps and "19 cents" rocking horse debit, endorsed "P Cambria", very fine, the earliest recorded use of this "24" handstamp
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red two-line arced handstamp on incoming folded letter from Aux Cases, Haiti, endorsed "Per Cadmus", very fine
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integral rate datestamp on folded letter to Sag Harbor, New York, datelined "Zefanos [Syria], near Trebizond, Sept. 9th 1851", endorsed "Ship" and carried outside the mails, internal splitting and overall aging, fine, scarce origin
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integral rate datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" on cover to Middletown, Connecticut, very fine, a rare datestamp
datestamp with arced "Ship 4" handstamp on cover incoming cover endorsed "Per Hortense", original enclosure, very fine, the earliest recorded use of this "Ship 4"
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datestamp with matching "Ship" and manuscript "2" on cover to Springfield, Massachusetts, 3c Dull red (11A) cancelled with bold "2" handstamp, stamp tied by filefold, very fine
integral rate datestamp with matching "Ship" and "5" handstamps on cover from Faial, Azores to Chelsea, Massachusetts, original enclosure, barely reduced at right, very fine and choice, the only recorded example of this datestamp
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red datestamp with black "2" rate and straightline "Ship" tying 3c Dull Red (26) to cover to Bradford, Vermont, very fine, ex-Wierenga, figure 39 in his United States Incoming Steamship Mail, 1847-1975
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red datestamp with black "Ship" and "5" handstamps on cover from Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadalupe to Portland, Maine, endorsed "Per Brigt. Zouave, Capt. Melanson", fine, interesting letter discussing the Civil War
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datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and "6" handstamps on folded letter from Cap-Haïtien, Haiti to New York City, blue "Forwarded by Wilson, Laroches Co., Cape Haytien" oval handstamp, very fine
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duplex datestamp with fancy two-star shield on folded lettersheet to Philadelphia, matching "Ship" and "6" handstamps, endorsed "pr Elbe via Boston", very fine and attractive, 2003 Philatelic Foundation certificate, ex-Morris