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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
double circle datestamp with duplex star in circle on 1c Postal card to St. Paul, Minnesota, printed form on reverse from the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, very fine, Silver City was the first community in Lewis & Clark County, this office closed in 1888
dark purple datestamp with duplexed star-within-star tying 2c Brown Bank Note to cover to Rome, Ohio, very fine and choice territorial cover
datestamp on 3c Green Bank Note cover to Fort Howard, Wisconsin, very fine and scarce, Camp Stambaugh was located near Atlantic City, Wyoming and named for Lieutenant Charles B. Stambaugh who was killed in battle in 1870
duplex on 3c Pink entire to Iona, Missouri, trivial reduction at right, very fine
duplex ties 2c Brown to cover to Oskaloosa, Iowa, "Department of the Interior, Territory of Wyoming, Executive Office" penalty clause, 1884 docketing, missing backflap, very fine
blue duplexed datestamp on 1c Postal card to St. Louis, Missouri, January 5 receiver at lower left, very fine, Cummins (or Cummins City) was founded upon a lie by John Cummins in 1880 when he brought gold ore from Colorado and claimed it was from nearby Jelm Mountain, the post office closed in 1888
double circle datestamp on 5c Blue entire to Kiel, Germany, very fine, a scarce foreign destination
blue datestamp with matching target tying 3c Green to cover to New York City, 1878 pencil docketing erased, very fine, Fort Fetterman was established on the North Platte River in 1867 and abandoned in 1882
datestamp duplex with target on 2c Brown entire to Circleville, Ohio, very fine, Fort Fred Steele was established in 1868 to protect the transcontinental railroad while under construction and was abandoned in 1886
bold strike of duplex with target on 2c Brown front only to Walla Walla, Washington Territory, small faults at left edge and in address panel, very fine appearance, scarce inter-territorial use
duplex ties 3c Green to cover to Corning, New York, slightly reduced at left, very fine, Fort McKinney was established in 1877 in response to Custer's defeat at Little Big Horn and was closed in 1894
manuscript postmark on 3c Pink entire to Detroit, Michigan, slightly reduced into Cheyenne, Wyoming return address at left, very fine