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29 items mounted on exhibit pages, better items including 2c-5c on registered letter to the HMS Rodney in the Mediterranean, 8c on registered cover to Pennsylvania, 3c with 5c registry stamp on cover to Nova Scotia, 2c-3c on 1897 Montreal Fair advertising cover, two 5c on cover to Jamaica, 10c on cover to London, 1c on uprated 1c postal card to Bermuda, 2c on all-over Boer War Union Jack patriotic, 15c on overweight cover to Ontario, 1c used with 2c Small Queen on cover to New Brunswick, and more, also includes group of 25 unmounted covers that did not make it into the exhibit but are nevertheless interesting and useful, generally fine to very fine, a scarce and attractive group
![Image for Kennebunk August 7 [1806],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/761498.jpg?itok=aaVEk5EZ)
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manuscript postmark with "Sh. 10" rate on folded letter from Dominica to Portland, Maine, age spots cleaned, very fine appearance, a scarce District of Maine cover, ex-Hazelton
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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=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
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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