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partial backstamp on cover from Liverpool to Providence, Rhode Island, arced "Ship 4" handstamp, endorsed "Per S.S. Saxon, Consignees letter", pair of 2c Postage dues, very fine
foreign branch duplex backstamp on cover to Providence, Rhode Island, black arced "Ship 4" handstamp and blue straightline "Consignees Letter." and "Andania", pair of 2c Postage dues, Cunard Line embossed flap, very fine, the Andania was sunk by a U-boat in 1918 off the coast of Ireland
![Image for Duxb'y Mar 21 [1827],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757683.jpg?itok=erFJGUUp)
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manuscript postmark with matching "Ship 12" rate on folded letter from Liverpool to Boston, very fine, an unlisted and scarce port of entry
![Image for Duxbury Ms March 28 [1833],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757703.jpg?itok=HpI-1E89)
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manuscript postmark with matching "Ship 12" rate on incoming folded letter from Liverpool to Boston, endorsed "P. Farma", very fine and rare, unlisted
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manuscript postmark with matching "Ship 14½" rate on incoming folded letter from London to Boston, endorsed "Pr America", very fine
![Image for Edgartown Nov 4th [1822],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757838.jpg?itok=Q7DL8qvp)
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manuscript postmark with matching "Ship 14½" rate on incoming folded letter to Boston from Havana, Cuba, endorsed "Mary + Eliza", very fine
![Image for Edgartown Ms May 7 [1839],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757853.jpg?itok=lrfyahS1)
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manuscript postmark with matching "Ship 14½" rate on folded printed prices current to Boston from Bahia, Brazil, very fine
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" handstamp and manuscript "7" rate on incoming folded letter to Boston, datelined "Tahiti, June 17, 1845", endorsed "p. Three Brothers", very fine, rare origin
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "12" rate on folded letter datelined "Maui [Hawaii], Oct. 7, 1845", lengthy contents, even toning, still fine and rare, ex-Golden
![Image for Fair Haven Mass Jan 3 [1836],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757983.jpg?itok=aVJgZZZc)
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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
![Image for Fall River Ma. Jul 14 [1837],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/758013.jpg?itok=kWh_qVwA)
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red datestamp with matching boxed "Ship" on folded letter from Pictou, Nova Scotia, 6c implicit due, very fine and scarce
![Image for Falmouth.Ms. Dec 17th [1818],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/758018.jpg?itok=edSLmu9H)
![Image for Falmouth.Ms. Dec 17th [1818],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/758018-2.jpg?itok=8h_yaJGW)
![Image for Falmouth.Ms. Dec 17th [1818],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Update/758018.jpg?itok=nY9eUp7Q)
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