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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
15 covers from East Gloucester and West Gloucester, Massachusetts, ranging from the late 1850s through the Bank Note era, wide variety of markings, generally fine to very fine, all neatly written up on exhibit pages
manuscript postmark with "Paid 40" rate on cover to San Francisco, California, endorsed "Ship Argonaut", overall aging and staining at right, a rare early small-town letter to California
manuscript postmark with matching “8 paid” rate on folded letter to Exeter, Massachusetts, very fine, the earliest recorded postmark from Haverhill
black straightline handstamp with manuscript “12½” rate on folded letter to Worthington, Massachusetts, very fine, this rare handstamp (the first used at Haverhill) is only recorded from 1807 (ASCC $200)
manuscript postmark with "18¾" on folded letter to Westbrook, Maine, fine, scarce war rate cover paying postage on a single letter sent 90-150 miles
black two-line handstamp on folded letter to Woodstock, Vermont, manuscript “18¾” rate corrected to “12½” as Woodstock was less than 150 miles from Haverhill, extremely fine and attractive, this is the only recorded example of this handstamp, ex-Thompson
red oval handsome with matching framed "Collect Six Cents for Hale & Co." on September 12, 1844 folded letter to New York City, endorsed "Please forward this immediately", very fine, also accompanied by September 29, 1844 address panel to Boston with same handstamps, these markings are only reported used from August to October 1844, Gutman records 26 Hale covers from Haverhill
yellow datestamp with matching straightline "Paid" on folded letter to Boston, 1847 5c Brown red (full margins) with manuscript cancel, 1848 docketing at left, very fine, this postmark was originally red-orange but degraded to a distinctive mustard color, the earliest recorded use of this Haverhill marking and the only reported Haverhill cover bearing an 1847 5c, ex-Craveri (USPCS Census #4163)
11 items including Haverhill 1811 manuscript postmaster's free frank, dotted circular datestamp in red (1821 and 1823), double circle datestamp with outer circle dotted in red (1827, unreported) and black (1829), circular datestamps in red, black, and blue, and pointing hand "Paid" (1829), as well as East Haverhill 1845 manuscript postmark, generally fine to very fine
manuscript postmark on incoming folded lettersheet addressed to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, matching "Sh 10" ship rate, very fine, the earliest recorded Ipswich postmark and the only recorded Ipswich ship letter
black two-line handstamp on folded letter to Boston, manuscript “Paid 6” rate, extremely fine strike, this postmark is recorded from 1829-30 (ASCC $150)
red straightline handstamp (manuscript date) on folded letter to Baltimore, manuscript "25" rate, very fine strike and cover, this marking is known from 1830-31 (ASCC $100)