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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
manuscript postmark with postmaster's free frank on folded letter to South Berwick, Maine, very fine and attractive, the only recorded cover from Acton (ASCC $200)
manuscript postmark with postmaster's free frank on folded letter to Winslow, Maine, light wear, fine, the ASCC records just one 1847 manuscript postmark from Alton (ASCC $80)
manuscript postmark with matching "5" rate on folded letter to Winslow, Maine, very fine and scarce, the ASCC records just one Alton manuscript postmark from 1847 (ASCC $80)
red straightline handstamp on folded letter dated November 25, 1847, very fine and scarce (ASCC $150)
black handstamp on all-over "State of Maine, Adj't-General's Office" illustrated cover to "Sargt. George F. Plaisted, Co. C, York, Maine", illustrated printed enclosure notifying the recipient that "an order from the Secretary of War has at length been procured for the payment of bills of Orderly Sergeants, and accounts of Examining Surgeons, for services in raising the nine month troops in 1862", very fine and attractive, a wonderful piece of Civil War history
manuscript postmark with postmaster's free frank on folded letter to Mattawamkeag, Maine, very fine and choice, the only recorded manuscript postmark from Bancroft, ex-Hazelton (ASCC $100)
red datestamp on folded letter originating in Washington, DC June 2, forwarded to Canaan, Maine, from the "Post Office Department, Northern Division, Mail Transportation)" regarding problems of St. Albarns mail and a request for additional routes from Assistant Postmaster General Selah R. Hobbie, very fine and interesting
red datestamp with matching "Forwd." handstamp on folded letter from Springfield, Massachusetts, forwarded from Bangor to Augusta, Maine, postmaster's free frank, fine, the is the only handstamped forwarding marking used in Maine
bold strike of black straightline datestamp with matching "Free." handstamp on folded letter to Palermo, Maine, cover with repaired vertical tear, very fine appearance, a wonderful example of this scarce marking (ASCC $125)
manuscript postmark with postmaster's free frank on cover to Bradford, Maine, very fine and scarce with just three covers known (ASCC $50)
manuscript postmark with matching "Paid 5" on folded letter to Augusta, Maine, very fine and quite scarce (ASCC $75)
manuscript postmark with "6" rate on folded letter to Dover, Maine, light edge toning, otherwise very fine (ASCC $80)