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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
red straightline handstamp without state designation on folded letter to Boston, matching straightline "Paid." and manuscript "6", insignificant tear at top, very fine, this marking (without a state) is unreported
red straightline handstamp (manuscript date) with manuscript “6” rate on folded letter to Cambridge, Massachusetts, very fine strike and cover, this postmark with the abbreviation “Mss.” is recorded from 1830-31 (ASCC $100)
five items including 1802 and 1822 manuscript postmaster's free franks, 1832 dotted circular datestamp, 1834 circular datestamp, and 1836 datestamp on drop letter, generally very fine
eight covers ranging from 1858 to 1887, begins with manuscript postmark, "Paid 3" in circle, star fancy cancel, and more, generally fine to very fine, an interesting group, Lanesville's post office was established in December 1854 and became a station of Gloucester in March 1909
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blue datestamp with straightline “Paid”, matching grid ties 1847 5c Red brown (1, four large margins) to folded letter to Andover, Massachusetts, vertical filefold through stamp, very fine appearance with wonderful strikes, one of just seven examples of this stamp used from Lawrence, ex-Craveri (USPCS Census #4173)
red datestamp with straightline “Paid”, matching grid ties 1847 5c Red brown (1, full margins) to cover to West Newton, Massachusetts, very fine and attractive, one of just seven examples of this stamp used from Lawrence, ex-Craveri (USPCS Census #4177)
five items including 1847 red datestamp with matching regular "5" (earliest known Lawrence postmark), red datestamps with italic "5" and "10", and blue datestamps with regular "2" and italic "5", mostly from the 1849/50 period, generally very fine an interesting group, Lawrence was the nation's first planned industrial city
red two-line datestamp with matching straightline "Paid" and manuscript "18¾" rate on folded letter to Bangor, Maine, very fine strike and cover (ASCC $150)
red two-line datestamp with matching straightline "Free" and postmaster's frank on folded letter to Salem, very fine strike and cover (ASCC $150)
black two-line datestamp with manuscript "6" rate on folded letter to Salem, very fine and scarce (ASCC $150)
red datestamp with matching straightline "Free" on cover to Winchester, Connecticut, free frank from postmaster J.C. Stickney, very fine strike and cover, Lynn is one of just two Massachusetts towns with an integral county postmark (ASCC $75)
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blue datestamp on folded lettersheet to Rockville, Connecticut, franked with 1847 5c Dark brown (1a, three large margins and just in at top), stamp with blue "5" rate handstamp and two pen strokes, manuscript "Paid" at top right, cover light wrinkles and few natural bleach spots, fine appearance, the only recorded 1847 Issue cover from Lynn which did not receive either denomination, accompanied by February 18, 1849 stampless cover with the same blue datestamp and "Paid" and "10" markings, 5c cover ex-Craveri (USPCS Census #4196)