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datestamp on folded letter from Berge, Saxony to St. Louis, Missouri, straightline "Berge" origin handstamp and manuscript "10/4" rating, Bremen backstamp, carried by Ocean Line Washington from Bremerhaven April 15 arriving New York May 4, "May 19" handstamp suggests advertising, very fine, the listing example of this 25c integral rate handstamp which Winter notes was only in use from May 3 to May 30, 1852
datestamp with matching "8" rate handstamp and manuscript "8" due on folded letter to Chelsea, Massachusetts, endorsed "Pr U.S. Steamer or Bark Nelson Place", docketed "This will probably come by the Bark Nelson Place of Portland" under flap, very fine
perfect strike of datestamp on folded letter from Montevideo, Uruguay to Philadelphia, endorsed "Via Rio", large illustrated "Express Messenger to New Orleans, Per Steamer Louisiana On Thursday next, Dec 5, 185[2]" label, very fine and attractive
datestamp on folded letter sent from Bath, Jamaica to Mount Vernon, Ohio, manuscript "8" rate for Jamaican private ship letter rate, red "Jamaica Paid Ju 5 1853" and Kingston backstamp, very fine
circled "6" rate handstamp on August 19, 1853 folded lettersheet from Maracaibo, Venezuela to Lanman & Kemp in New York City, blue "S. De Agreda Jove & Co. New York" oval backstamp, very fine
red datestamp on folded letter sent from Liège, Belgium to Philadelphia, blue boxed "Vieille Montagne" handstamp, September 9 London Maltese cross and two-line "Paid Ship" handstamp, very fine
datestamp on folded letter from Havana, Cuba to Harwich Port, Massachusetts, red "Harwich Ms. Feb 9" datestamp with straightline "For'd" and manuscript "Missent", very fine
datestamp on January 30, 1854 folded letter from San Francisco to Governor Rodman M. Price in Hoboken, New Jersey, blue framed "Via Nicaragua Ahead of the Mails" handstamp, carried by the Cortes departing San Francisco February 1 and then by Northern Light arriving New York February 23, very fine and attractive, Price served on the first San Francisco City Council
datestamp ties 3c Dull red (11A) to cover to incoming folded lettersheet, endorsed "pr Str Florida", sender's handstamp from Savannah, Georgia, very fine, ex-Wierenga (figure 129)
datestamp on folded letter from Guayama, Puerto Rico to Montreal, Canada, manuscript "7½" Canadian rate and Montreal backstamp, very fine
datestamp ties 3c Dull red (11A) to cover to Commodore William Shubrick in Washington D.C., manuscript "Due 2" for ship fee, enclosure datelined "U.S.S. Jamestown, Key West, Monday Even'g, April 30th 1855", very fine
black datestamp on February 26, 1855 cover from Browns Corner, Maine to Cadiz, Spain, 3c Dull red (11A) with manuscript postmark, addressed to "Capt. J.S. Arey, in care of the American Consul", carried by Cunard's Canada from Boston March 17 to Liverpool arriving March 29, London transit backstamp but as Great Britain did not allow unpaid letters to France it was returned to Boston via Cunard's America (departing March 31, arriving April 14), then placed on sailing ship St. Louis departing New York April 27, arriving Le Havre May 20, blue Spanish entry and "4R" due, returned to Boston as Captain Arey had already sailed, carried by Union Line Zurich from Havre June 13 to New York arriving July 23 (when the ship mail datestamp was applied), missing most of two flaps and 3c stamp creased, still very fine given this cover's extensive travels