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July 2023
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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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- The Nancy Clark Collection of Maine Postal History (127) Apply The Nancy Clark Collection of Maine Postal History filter
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datestamp on 2c Brown cover to Morgan Park, Illinois, "Department of the Interior, Yellowstone National Park, Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyo." penalty clause, slightly reduced at right, fine
datestamp on 2c Green cover to Mansfield, Ohio, cornercard for "Yellowstone Park Association, Mammoth Hot Springs.", vertical crease through stamp, fine
datestamp on 2c Green cover to San Francisco, cornercard for "Yellowstone Park Association, Norris Geyser Basin", small edge faults, fine, the Yellowstone Park Association replaced the bankrupt Yellowstone Park Improvement Company and was in existence from 1886 to 1891
datestamp with matching target on 3c Rose "F" grill (94) cover to North Thetford, Vermont, very fine
manuscript postmark with matching penstroke on 3c Rose (65) on cover to Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, very fine, Cheyenne was incorporated on August 8, 1867 and was a part of Dakota Territory for less than a year until Wyoming Territory was established on July 25, 1868
blue datestamp with matching square fancy cancel on 3c Pink entire to Lexington, Michigan, commission merchant return address at left, very fine and choice, according to Ken Stach this cancel was only in use from March 23 through April 18, 1868, just four examples are recorded
datestamp on cover to Cincinnati, Ohio with matching target on 3c Rose (65, perforation faults), very fine
datestamp on cover to Cincinnati, Ohio, matching targets on two 3c Rose (65), manuscript "OB" at top left and partial War Department wax seal on reverse, very fine and scarce
datestamp with duplexed target tying 3c Rose (65) to cover to Eastchester, New York, "Head Quarters District of the Plains. Official Business" imprint, slightly reduced at left, very fine and scarce
purple cogged oval datestamp ties 2c Green to cover to Darlington, Wisconsin, all-over advertising design for Beloit, Wisconsin on reverse, light water stain, otherwise very fine and attractive cover sent just months after statehood
perfectly struck two-line datestamp on 3c Red Nesbitt entire to Richmond, Virginia, staining at center from wax seal and expertly cleaned, very fine appearance, one of just three recorded examples of this postmark, ex-Barkhausen and Jarrett
oval handstamp (FTB-100) on 1863 cover to Bannack City, Beaver Head Mines, Idaho Territory, 3c Rose (63) with blue target and "Denver City Col Aug 13" double circle datestamp, endorsed "Via Fort Bridger Utah" and backstamped August 19, very fine, one of two examples of this handstamp, this short-lived express operated from Fort Bridger to Fort Hall on the Snake River, then north on the Montana Trail to Bannack City