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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
dateless handstamps tie three New Zealand 2½p Blue to cover front only to London, small portion of backflap remains with "Honolulu H.I. Apr 12 1899" duplex and London receiver, scissor cut into first stamp at left, fine and unusual, apparently treated as a loose ship letter by the Honolulu post office, ex-Honolulu Advertiser
black boxed handstamp on 5c Blue entire from San Francisco to Yokohama, Japan, "Yokohama Japan 10 Apr 98" backstamp, reduced at left into handstamped cornercard, otherwise very fine
group of 10 covers inbound to the United States, wide variety of markings including "U.S. German Sea PO" duplex, "United States Sea P.O." duplex, Matson Navigation Co. boxed handstamp, several "Received from H.M. Ship", and more, generally very fine, a nice variety of uses