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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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manuscript notation on incoming cover to Charleston, South Carolina, pencil "Sep 28" docketing, very fine and rare Confederate blockade-run ship letter, the addressee, Major Edward McCrady, enrolled in June 1861 and was appointed Major of his regiment that December, he was wounded during Second Manassas in August 1862, he later served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1880 to 1890
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bold black strike of Charleston "6" rate handstamp on cover from Tours, France, very fine, carried by Cunard's Persia from Liverpool to New York, then Cunard's Corsica to Nassau, and finally blockade-runner Syren departing Nassau August 31 to Charleston arriving September 4, contains letter numbers 48 and 49 from the Burckmyer correspondence, Burckmyer was probably a shareholder in the Charleston Importing & Exporting Co. which owned the Syren, ex-Birkinbine
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datestamp with matching "Ship" in oval and circled "Due 6" handstamps on folded letter from Santiago de Cuba to New York City, sender's datestamp at lower right, very fine, unlisted ship marking
16 covers ranging from 1802/1850, wonderful selection of markings, begins with 1802 folded letter from France, 1809 from Portugal, most later from Cuba, fine to very fine and interesting
datestamp with matching grid on 3c Dull red (26) on cover to Charleston, straightline "Ship" and manuscript "2", very fine and attractive, a scarce port of entry
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two covers from the same correspondence from the U.S.S. Rhode Island at sea in the Caribbean, letters dated July 11 and July 19, 1863, both covers postmarked "Port Royal S.C. Jul 29 1863" and with "6" due handstamps, Boston receiving handstamps, very fine, interesting contents from a Navy doctor to his fiancee
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straightline handstamp with manuscript "Sh 29" rate on folded lettersheet to Louisville, Georgia, fine, addressed to "His Excellence, the Governor of the State of Georgia" who at the time was James Jackson
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datestamp with fancy "Ship" in scroll handstamp and manuscript "14½" rate on folded letter from Liverpool to Charlestown, South Carolina, endorsed "pr Hope, H Dowson, QDC", very fine
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datestamp with "Ship" in scroll and manuscript "12" rate on folded letter sheet to St. Simons, Georgia, endorsed "p Elizabeth", fine
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datestamp with "Ship" in scroll cancel and manuscript "27" rate on folded letter to Providence, Rhode Island, datelined "Ship Patterson off the Button, in the Strait of Sunda, May 16th, 1817", very fine
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datestamp with straightline "Ship" and manuscript "27" rate on folded letter from Havana, Cuba to Castine, Maine, very fine
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red datestamp with matching straight line "Ship" and manuscript "27" rate on October 26, 1842 folded letter from Havana, Cuba to London, endorsed "Str Britannia", black oval "Forwarded By Collomb & Iselin, New York" backstamp, red "Forwarded from Harnden's Package Express & Foreign Letter Office, No. 8 Court St. Boston" oval, London backstamp, very fine