Auction Detail
July 2023
United States Postal History
Prices Realized Now Online
- 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
double circle datestamp with matching straightline "Ship 4" on incoming cover, New South Wales 6p Violet (cute to shape) tied by Sydney July 2 datestamp, endorsed "per E.C. Felter", fine
double circle datestamp with straightline "Ship" and "Due 12" handstamps on incoming folded letter datelined "Liverpool, 8th March, 1865", endorsed "pr Garland Consignees", fine, 12c pays three times the 4c rate for locally-addressed private ship letters, transit took five months via Cape Horn
double circle datestamp with straight line "Ship 6" handstamp on cover to New Bedford, Massachusetts, "Honolulu Hawaiian Islands Jul 25" origination postmark, New Bedford backstamp, address panel restored, very fine
![Image for San Francisco Cal Apr 30 [1865],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/760860-2.jpg?itok=hdxWD9bZ)
![Image for San Francisco Cal Apr 30 [1865],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/760860.jpg?itok=nSGzgq6l)
datestamp with straightline "Ship" and "3" handstamps on sailor rate cover to New York City, very fine and rare with just a few recorded
![Image for San Francisco Cal. Apr 30 [1868],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/760865-2.jpg?itok=8IB7JdvO)
![Image for San Francisco Cal. Apr 30 [1868],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/760865.jpg?itok=v17MhOUM)
datestamp with bold strike of straightline "Ship 4" handstamp on incoming cover from Papeete, Tahiti (per pencil docketing), endorsed "Per Schooner Eliza", very fine, ex-Lera
![Image for San Francisco Cal Dec 8 [1869],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/760870-2.jpg?itok=nCy151Kp)
![Image for San Francisco Cal Dec 8 [1869],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/760870.jpg?itok=rYws8rbs)
datestamp with matching straightline "Ship 6" on cover from Sydney to El Monte, California, September 7 origination backstamp, franked with New South Wales 6p Violet, very fine and attractive
![Image for San Francisco Cal Recd. Jul 24 [ca. 1870],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/760875-2.jpg?itok=XvnrHTJL)
![Image for San Francisco Cal Recd. Jul 24 [ca. 1870],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/760875.jpg?itok=5ex-29Gx)
datestamp with straight line "Ship 4" handstamp on cover to Tunbridge, Vermont, July 30 backstamps, very fine
![Image for San Francisco Cal. Sep 18 [ca. 1875],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/760880-2.jpg?itok=LuGRfrFN)
![Image for San Francisco Cal. Sep 18 [ca. 1875],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/760880.jpg?itok=9FV2hWu7)
datestamp with straightline "Ship" handstamp on cover to Stockton, California, 3c Green tied by crossroads cancel, very fine
backstamp on cover to Benicia, California, 2c Green tied by grid with "Ship.2" straightline alongside, handstamped cornercard from Sand Point, Alaska, very fine
backstamp on cover with straightline "Ship 4" handstamp on cover to New Bedford, Massachusetts, small "S.S. Jeania" handstamp, pair of 2c Postage dues, fine, ex-Lovey
![Image for Ship. 2 [San Francisco, California, 1891],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/760890-2.jpg?itok=aWeCBz9G)
![Image for Ship. 2 [San Francisco, California, 1891],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/760890.jpg?itok=VBbYlAbn)
black straightline handstamp with 2c Green tied by grid to cover to Vergennes, Vermont, pink oval "Alaska Comm'l Co., St. Michael, Alaska, Aug 10 1891" backstamp, forwarded to Ferrisburgh, Vermont, faults including missing top left corner, still fine and rare Alaska use
,
datestamp on penalty cover to Westerville, Ohio, "Ship" in circle and two-line "U.S. Charge to Collect 10 Cents" handstamps, 2c Small Banknote tied by grid, "Treasury Department, Office of Special Agent, Port of St. Paul, Alaska" imprint, light wear, fine and rare