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July 2023
United States Postal History
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- The Van Koppersmith Collection of Ship Mail (729) Apply The Van Koppersmith Collection of Ship Mail filter
- Erivan Collection of Western Postal History (329) Apply Erivan Collection of Western Postal History filter
- The Nancy Clark Collection of Maine Postal History (127) Apply The Nancy Clark Collection of Maine Postal History filter
- The Graham Booth Collection of Transatlantic Mail (118) Apply The Graham Booth Collection of Transatlantic Mail filter
- The Mark Schwartz Collection of Essex County, Massachusetts Postal History (104) Apply The Mark Schwartz Collection of Essex County, Massachusetts Postal History filter
straightline handstamp with manuscript "Sh 16½" rate on folded letter from Mariguan, Haiti to Philadelphia, endorsed "Via Baltimore", very fine, interesting contents
straightline handstamp with manuscript "Sh 16½" rate on folded letter to Philadelphia, datelined Port Au Prince, Haiti June 25, 1797, "Rec. August 3rd 1797" docketing, very fine
red datestamp with manuscript "Sh 27" rate on folded letter from Hamburg, Germany to Philadelphia, endorsed "Via Balt pr the Hercules", very fine, ex-White
red datestamp with manuscript "Sh 19" rate on incoming folded lettersheet to New York City, forwarded to Hartford, Connecticut with September 27 New York clam shell, rimless "Hartford* Oct 3" datestamp, repaired at top, fine appearance
red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "22" rate on folded lettersheet to Wenham, Massachusetts, endorsed "To be left at the Post Office Beverly", reverse reads "Forwarded by yr obt Hubl Servt Burke & Mitchell, this has just come to hand, the vessel that it was forwarded by from Jamaica being stranded on her homeward passage", light soiling, fine, ex-Biales
red straightline handstamp on incoming folded letter from London, clear strike of crowned "Post Paid Ship Letter London May 20 1802" handstamp, endorsed "Lucy", very fine, scarce and attractive with this marking on the front of the cover
red datestamp with matching "Ship" and manuscript "27" rate on folded typeset letter from London to Philadelphia, signed by R.G. Bealsy, American Consul, forwarding a letter captured from the Vigilant by a British Ship of War that was adjudicated in Admiralty Court, small faults, fine and interesting
red datestamp with matching "Ship" and manuscript "39½" war rate on folded letter from Amsterdam, Netherlands to Philadelphia, endorsed "pr. the Clara, Cap'n George See, W.G.C.", very fine and scarce, ex-Frajola
red straightline handstamp on November 25, 1815 folded lettersheet to Baltimore, endorsed "Packet", very fine and rare war rate period cover without rate, as Baltimore sometimes did to incoming ship letters delivered locally
bold red datestamp with matching "Ship" and manuscript "27" rate on folded letter from Hamburg, Germany to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, endorsed "via Baltimore", carried aboard Laura which was apparently attacked by pirates, very fine, ex-White
red datestamp with matching "Ship" and manuscript "27" rate on folded letter from Lima, Peru to Beverly, Massachusetts, very fine, ex-White
red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "14½" rate on August 27, 1830 folded letter from Calcutta, India to Philadelphia, endorsed "Per Ship Corinthian", forwarded to Cincinnati, Ohio with "Phil 19 Mar" datestamp, 25c forwarding totaled for 39½c postage, very fine, ex-White