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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
two strikes of octagonal datestamp and target on cover to North Yakima, Washington Territory, franked with 2c Brown (gum staining), "Department of the Interior, North Yakama Indian Agency" penalty clause, very fine
duplex with star in circle ties 2c Green to cover to Colfax, Washington Territory, light edge wear, fine use five months prior to statehood
circular datestamp duplexed with star ties 2c Small Banknote to cover to Colfax, Washington, very fine early statehood cover
double circle datestamp duplexed with kicking mule fancy cancel on legal-sized cover to La Push, Washington, Neat Bah Indian Agency printed penalty frank, slightly reduced at right, extremely fine strike
datestamp duplexed with "US Mail" in circle fancy cancel on 2c Green cover to Brookline, Massachusetts, very fine territorial fancy cancel
datestamp on yellow cover to Washington, DC, 3c Green with split cork cancel, cornercard for "Territory of Washington, Office of the Secretary.", slightly reduced at right into stamp, otherwise very fine
datestamp on "Department of the Interior, United States Land Office" cover to Edison, Washington Territory, pair of 1c Blue tied by split cork cancels, purple straightline "Receivers Office, Olympia. W.T." handstamp, addressed to the noted Indian fighter and United States Army Colonel Granville O. Haller, very fine and choice
purple datestamp duplexed with Maltese cross on 3c Green entire to South Bosque, Texas, slightly reduced at left, very fine strike
red datestamp reading "Port Angel W.T." ties 3c Rose (65) to 1863 cover to "Seattle, Puget Sound, Washington Territory", the postmaster added a manuscript "us" at the end of "Angel" in order to correct the datestamp's error, manuscript endorsement at top left reads "Via San Francisco, thence coast wise to", very fine, accompanied by a 1966 Linn's article by David Jarrett explaining both the postmark error and the nonsensical directive, since Port Angelus and Seattle are only 60 miles apart it would make no sense to route this cover through San Francisco, another cover from this same correspondence from Pennsylvania bears the same directive leading Jarrett to believe these envelopes were pre-addressed and mailed en-route to Washington Territory, very fine and unique, one of the most important Washington Territory covers in our opinion
manuscript postmark with matching "Paid 10c" rate on yellow cover to Thomaston, Maine, very fine and scarce, ex-Clifford
double circle datestamp on cover to Oswego, New York, matching kicking mule fancy cancel on 3c Green, very fine and attractive example of this popular cancel
blue three-line datestamp on 2c Red entire to Namur, Belgium, 2c Columbian and 1c, 3c, and 5c Bureau Issues tied by kicking mule fancy cancels, additional clear strike at bottom right, handstamped cornercard for Dr. C.H. Gardner at the U.S. Marine Hospital, proper backstamps, very fine