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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
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- The Nancy Clark Collection of Maine Postal History (127) Apply The Nancy Clark Collection of Maine Postal History filter
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![Image for 12 [Wilmington, North Carolina, 1864],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/762586-2.jpg?itok=HGNzKzl3)
![Image for 12 [Wilmington, North Carolina, 1864],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/762586.jpg?itok=K21xjZYS)
manuscript postmark on cover from Liverpool to Macon, Georgia via Nassau and Wilmington, addressed to "Col. James H. Burton, Superintendent of Armories, Macon, Geo'a", "Exd" Provost Marshal's censor marking applied at Wilmington, pencil "Recd. July 13th, J.H.B.", very fine and rare blockade run cover from the Burton correspondence, this cover was carried by Cunard's Persia from Liverpool to New York, then by Cunard's Corsica to Nassau, and finally by blockade-runner Will of the Wisp departing Nassau May 26 and arriving Wilmington May 30, ex-Walske
four covers from 1848/1859, Caribbean origins, nice selection of markings, mostly fine to very fine
![Image for Charlefton Auguft 18 [1795],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757555-2.jpg?itok=3SmGLIUp)
![Image for Charlefton Auguft 18 [1795],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757555.jpg?itok=z30DCPp4)
handsome strike of straightline datestamp with manuscript "Sh 29" rate on folded letter sheet from London To Edenton, North Carolina, very fine, ex-Thompson
![Image for Charl. SC Mar 25 [1804],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/760920-2.jpg?itok=SkzBK3eI)
![Image for Charl. SC Mar 25 [1804],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/760920.jpg?itok=ZrBw5D3k)
datestamp with perfect strike of fancy "Ship." in scroll, manuscript "64½" rate corrected "62½", endorsed "pr Eliza", very fine, original rating of 64½c paid five times the 12½c inland rate plus 2c ship fee, ex-Bolton
![Image for Charln. S.Ca. Mar 9 [1807],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757565-2.jpg?itok=M0WMhKK0)
![Image for Charln. S.Ca. Mar 9 [1807],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757565.jpg?itok=wR0wvPvQ)
datestamp with straightline "Ship" and manuscript "24" rate on folded lettersheet to Philadelphia, perfect strike of crowned "Ship Letter London Dec 7 1807" handstamp, light toning, otherwise very fine
![Image for Charln. S Ca. Apr 24 [1807],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757560-2.jpg?itok=YxzXfJkq)
![Image for Charln. S Ca. Apr 24 [1807],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757560.jpg?itok=fUv1euYN)
datestamp with straightline "Ship" and manuscript "36" rate on folded lettersheet to St. Simons, Georgia, vertical crease, otherwise very fine
![Image for Charlesn. SC Apr 4 [1823],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757570-2.jpg?itok=-gXrg8ud)
![Image for Charlesn. SC Apr 4 [1823],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757570.jpg?itok=Zt3o2p0p)
red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "14½" rate on folded letter from New Orleans to Savannah, Georgia, fine
![Image for Charn. S.C. May 2 [1829],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757575-2.jpg?itok=mOmPK3B0)
![Image for Charn. S.C. May 2 [1829],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757575.jpg?itok=NRciqOtt)
red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "27" rate on folded letter from St. Augustine, Florida to New York City, very fine, ex-Lovey
![Image for Charleston S.C. Apr 24 [1837],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757580-2.jpg?itok=9PaOhJEq)
![Image for Charleston S.C. Apr 24 [1837],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757580.jpg?itok=Y3QU6jEI)
red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "77" rate on folded letter from Havana, Cuba to New York City, endorsed "per Express Mail" and "By Charleston", very fine, 77c pays triple the 25c express rate plus 2c ship fee, an extraordinarily scarce rate, ex-Milgram
![Image for 6 [Charleston, South Carolina, 1841],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757585-2.jpg?itok=yWqOZiay)
![Image for 6 [Charleston, South Carolina, 1841],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757585.jpg?itok=s6gGpohS)
red "6" port of entry rate handstamp on incoming folded letter from New York City, endorsed "Care of Mr. Friff, Edisto Island", very fine, a scarce and unusual rate
![Image for Charleston S.C. Jan 15 [1845],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757590-2.jpg?itok=wfj6elGr)
![Image for Charleston S.C. Jan 15 [1845],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757590.jpg?itok=xCr7UObJ)
red datestamp with matching "12" in circle rate handstamp on folded lettersheet from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Boston (Appleton correspondence), very fine, unusual without any ship notation
![Image for Charleston S.C. 5 cts Feb 13 [1860],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757595-2.jpg?itok=MsCR64Gc)
![Image for Charleston S.C. 5 cts Feb 13 [1860],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/757595.jpg?itok=aW6ZYPOe)
datestamp on folded letter from Santiago de Cuba to New York City, very fine