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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
seven items including Lynn 1815 manuscript postmark on war rate letter to Vermont, 1840 red and blue datestamps with "Ms." abbreviation, 1841 red datestamp with unreported "Free." handstamp, and 1847 blue datestamp with postmaster's free frank, also Lynnfield ca. 1849 manuscript postmark and 1845 blue datestamp, generally fine to very fine
15 covers from about 1886 to 1901, wonderful advertisements for the White Sewing Machine Company, Nichols Press, A.F. Bird Sewing Machines, Brockway-Smith Corporation with watering can, Lynn Evening News, Good Will Soap, and Socialist Labor Party, generally very fine, an eye-catching and appealing group
red three-line circular datestamp on folded letter to Boston, manuscript "6" rate, light aging, fine, the circle of this postmark is indistinct so it is incorrectly listed as a 22mm straightline postmark in the catalogue (ASCC $150)
bold strike of three-line circled handstamp with matching "Paid" and manuscript "6" rate on folded letter to Boston, very fine and choice (ASCC $50)
dateline on folded letter to "Mrs. Christian Riddell, At the Lady Dowager of Dean's Lodgings in the Lawn Market, Edinburgh", "14/No" Bishop's mark and manuscript due marking applied upon arrival, several file folds, fine and very rare early transatlantic letter from Marblehead
manuscript postmark on incoming folded letter datelined "Barbados, May 31, 1758", addressed to Newbury, Massachusetts, endorsed "p Capt. Muchemore", some splitting along the folds, fine and rare, the earliest known Marblehead ship letter, Marblehead ship markings are reported from 1766-67 with this eight years earlier
manuscript postmark on folded lettersheet from Liverpool to Philadelphia, docketed "rec'd 10 mon. 24 1759", very fine, 9dwt includes 1dwt 8gr for a single letter from Marblehead to Boston, 7dwt from Boston to Philadelphia, and 16gr ship fee
manuscript postmark and rate on February 24, 1766 folded letter from Cadiz, Spain to Newport, Rhode Island, light even toning, fine and scarce, 2dwt 16gr pays 2dwt postage plus 16gr ship fee
manuscript postmark with "Ship. 10 Cts" rate on June 29, 1792 folded letter from Lisbon, Portugal to Newbury Port, Massachusetts, vertical filefold and small fault at top, very fine appearance, the earliest recorded incoming ship letter to Marblehead under the Constitutional post
manuscript postmark and "Sh.10" ship rate on folded letter datelined "Rotterdam 25th July 1796", endorsed "pr. the Richard & Edward, Cap. S. Roundey", addressed to Newburyport, Massachusetts, 10c pays the 4c ship fee plus 6c inland postage, very fine and attractive early Marblehead ship letter
manuscript postmark and matching "Sh 22" ship rate on folded letter datelined "Port Spain, Trinidad 8th July 1801", endorsed "p Sloop Ranger, Cap't Bartlett" and addressed to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, very fine, 22c pays the 2c ship fee plus double rate inland postage
manuscript postmark with matching "Sh 12" ship rate on folded letter from Mauritius to Concord, New Hampshire, datelined "Isle of France - July 20th 1820" and carried by the ship Ganges on her return voyage from Batavia (Jakarta), very fine and scarce, 12c pays the 2c ship fee plus 10c inland postage