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![Image for Portsmouth August 17 [1796]](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/761265.jpg?itok=aLBpwWn2)
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two-line type D datestamp with manuscript "Ship 21" rate on folded letter from Demerara, British Guiana to Norwich, Connecticut, endorsed "fav of Capt'n Watts, via Boston", vertical filefolds, still fine
manuscript postmark with "Ship 22" rate on cover folded letter from Calcutta, India to Philadelphia, endorsed "P Ship Asia, Capt. Ellis", very fine and rare
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "20¾" rate on January 23, 1836 folded letter to from Calcutta, India to Philadelphia, carried privately on Nabob to Boston, fine and rare, ex-Pullin
![Image for Ship 6 [Boston, Massachusetts, 1841]](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/754883-3.jpg?itok=YvII7FGx)
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red ribbon handstamp on incoming folded letter, backstamped "Calcutta G.P.O. Ship Letter 3 Feb 3 1841", endorsed "Per ship Carthage", very fine
![Image for Boston Mass Apr 27 [1844],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/754973-3.jpg?itok=8cnoqr42)
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and circled "27" rate handstamp correcting "20½" rate on folded letter from Gibraltar to Richmond, Virginia, endorsed "p Gauges via Boston", very fine
![Image for Ship 6 [Boston, Massachusetts, 1847],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/755013-3.jpg?itok=MNeq2yaR)
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red ribbon handstamp on December 8, 1846 folded letter from Calcutta, India to Boston, "Calcutta Ship Letter Dec 8 1846" backstamp and boxed "India", endorsed "Overland Mail P. Str Bentink", addressed "Care of Messrs. Baring Brothers, London", London February 1 Maltese cross and Liverpool oval the following day, creases, very fine and attractive, ex-White
![Image for Boston Mass Dec 27 [1867],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/755608.jpg?itok=FbduDzYr)
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datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and "12" handstamps on cover from Cape Town, South Africa to Philadelphia, endorsed "p. G.T. Kemp", original four-page enclosure, light wear from heavy contents, otherwise very fine
![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=WB7YGS4S)
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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 Falmouth.Ms. Dec 17th [1818],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/758018.jpg?itok=46qTbuqF)
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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
![Image for MH Sh. 2dwt [Marblehead, Massachusetts, 1762],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/762876.jpg?itok=eN9B8jSD)
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manuscript postmark on October 1762 folded letter to Boston, straightline "Martinico" handstamp applied at origin, some toning and internal splitting, fine and extremely rare incoming colonial-era letter from British Martinique, in January and February of 1762 Great Britain launched an invasion of the island of Martinique in a series of actions that also saw the capture of Dominica, St. Lucia, Grenada, and St. Vincent, the island was returned to France after the Treaty of Paris was signed on February 10, 1763
![Image for New Bedford Apr 21 [1825],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/758239.jpg?itok=iWHCrZXD)
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red datestamp with straightline "Ship" handstamp and manuscript "19" rate on folded letter from Sierra Leone to Albany, New York, internal wear, very fine appearance, scarce origin
![Image for Ship [Salem, Massachusetts, 1830],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/762951.jpg?itok=DGX8P7l3)
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black straightline handstamp with manuscript "6" port of entry rate on incoming August 4, 1830 folded letter from St. Helena, endorsed "pr Francis, Cap't Williams", very fine, ex-White