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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
Type 1 purple sawtooth double circle datestamp with duplexed target trying 2c Brown Bank Note to cover to Mora, New Mexico, corner card for "J.Y. Lujan, Manufacturer of Lumber and Shingles", small nicks along top edge, very fine strike
Type 3 double circle datestamp with matching straightline "Paid" and "3" handstamps on 1852 cover to Philadelphia, light bleaching, very fine and rare, this device was only used from March to August of 1852
Type 11 double circle datestamp with matching grid cancel on 3c Star die entire to North Bloomfield, Ohio, trivial reduction at right, couple insignificant age spots, very fine strike of this scarce early device which was only used in 1860 and 1861
Type 9 datestamp on 3c Red star die entire to Saint Louis, Missouri, 1861 docketing at left, very fine, the latest known use of this datestamp
black datestamp on 1860 folded cover to Austin, Texas, 3c Dull red (26) tied by seven-bar grid, stamp with pre-printing paper crease, fine and attractive, ex-"Camina"
12 covers including Amesbury 1826 manuscript (earliest recorded), 1833 dotted double circle datestamp in black (unreported), perfect strike of 1834 dotted double circle datestamp in red, 1835 blue green and 1837 orange postmarks, and July 5, 1845 cover from the first week of the new rate; West Amesbury 1833 and 1844 manuscripts (1833 earliest recorded), generally fine to very fine, an attractive group all mounted on exhibit pages
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manuscript postmark with "8" rate on April 15, 1803 folded letter to Marblehead, light wear, very fine appearance, the earliest recorded postmark from Andover
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manuscript postmark with "Paid 18¾" rate on folded letter to Westbrook, Maine, endorsed "top be left at Saccarappa P.O.", very fine war rate letter
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black two-line fancy boxed postmark with manuscript date on folded letter to Concord, New Hampshire, manuscript "Paid 10", vertical filefold away from marking, extremely fine strike, the unique example of this beautiful early marking from Andover, a gem of Massachusetts postal history
dark red datestamp with matching grid tying 1847 5c Red brown (1, full to large margins) to cover to Westfield, Massachusetts, very fine and choice in all respects, one of just five recorded 1847 5c covers from Andover which did not receive any 1847 stamps in either denomination, ex-Hart (USPCS Census #2856)
13 covers including Andover "Andr. Ms." datestamp in black (1817), red (1818/31), and brown (1821), 1837 "Andr. Ms." datestamp with fleuron, 1842 orange datestamp, 1845 and 1847 datestamps with numeral "5" and "10"; North Andover 1826 and 1829 manuscript postmarks, 1836 "No. Andover" datestamp, 1838 "North Andover" datestamp; and ca. 1849 Ballardvale blue datestamp (earliest recorded), generally fine to very fine
red straightline handstamp with manuscript "paid 22" rate on folded letter to "John Kean Equire, Cashier of the Bank of the United States" in Philadelphia, very fine, the earliest recorded postmark from Beverly, this marking is only reported from 1794 (ASCC $300)