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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
black datestamp on small cover to London, England, 1869 12c Green (117) tied by crossroads cancel, red New York November 2 transit, November 15 London arrival, sealed tear, fine appearance
blue duplex ties 1c Ultramarine to printed pamphlet for "E.S. Metcalf's System of Voice Culture", locally-addressed, very fine and attractive
31 items including 1802 first federal handstamp, 1822 ship letter, ca. 1852 integral rate "3cts." handstamp, 1853 "5cts" integral rate handstamp, 1868 2c Black on cover with "Missent & Forwarded" handstamp, 1873 cover to Halifax, 1887 cover with large boxed registry handstamp, 1902 illustrated advertising cover for granite memorials, 1909 "Letter Returned, Bell Not Answered" auxiliary marking, and more, generally fine to very fine, an interesting and attractive group
group of five items including 1817 folded letter from Sicily to Philadelphia via Gibraltar with small red straightline "Ship", 1829 folded letter from Belgium to Cohasset with large red straightline "Ship", 1843 folded letter from Cuba to Fair Haven with large red straightline "Ship", 1845 folded letter from Batavia to Boston with large blue straightline "Ship", and 1847 folded letter from Uruguay to New Haven with large red straightline "Ship", generally very fine, an interesting and attractive group
dark red 34mm straightline datestamp on folded letter to Boston, manuscript "10" rate, fine and scarce (ASCC $200)
black 32mm straightline handstamp with manuscript month and day on folded letter to Augusta, Maine, manuscript "12½" rate, light aging, very fine strike (ASCC $150)
red 32mm straightline handstamp with manuscript month and day on folded letter to Augusta, Maine, manuscript "12½" rate, light aging, fine (ASCC $150)
10 covers from 1829 to 1835, begins with three 1827/29 red rimless circular datestamps, followed by seven manuscript postmarks from the early-to-mid 1830s when the town abandoned handstamps, all fine to very fine, an interesting and attractive group
blue double circle datestamp alongside two 1847 5c Red brown (1, margins to in) tied by multiple penstrokes to folded lettersheet to Philadelphia, fine and rare, the only recorded cover from Swampscott with the 1847 issue, Swampscott received no supplies of either stamp, ex-Craveri (USPCS census #4348)
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brown straightline postmark with manuscript date and matching "18¾" rate on folded letter to Cahoes, New York, very fine, the only known example of this straightline handstamp, a wonderful rarity
black straightline handstamp with manuscript date on folded letter to Lebanon, New Hampshire, manuscript "12½" rate, light edge wear, fine and rare marking (ASCC $150)
14 covers ranging from 1834 to 1876, begins with 1834 manuscript postmark (earliest recorded), 1844 manuscript postmaster free frank, "West-Newbury Mas" datestamps in black (1846, 1847) and blue (ca. 1850), "Paid 3" in circle marking, 1866 circle of wedges cancel, and more, generally fine to very fine, an interesting group