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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
folded letter to New York City with "Liverpool Oc 25 1850" origin postmark, endorsed "p Africa Steamer" departing Liverpool October 26 and arriving New York November 8, black "19 cents" rocking horse debit and "24" handstamp, very fine maiden voyage cover
folded letter datelined "Liverpool April 30th 1852", endorsed "Consignees p Great Britain Steamer", did not enter the British postal system but was placed on Great Britain departing Liverpool May 1 and arriving New York May 14, New York circled "6" ship rate handstamp and straightline "2nd Delivery", very fine, the only recorded cover carried by Great Britain after her 1846 grounding and an uncommon non-contract steamship sailing
cover franked with France 10c pair and 1fr tied by grids, November 8 Paris datestamp, addressed to Philadelphia, carried on the maiden voyage of Ocean Line's Hermann departing Southampton November 10 and arriving New York November 23, "New York 21 Nov 23" integral datestamp, stamps small faults, still very fine and scarce
folded letter to Bath, Maine, written in the "Bristol Channel", posted unpaid in London with "3 cents" debit, then to Liverpool for Canada, post office wrongly determined Washington would be faster so she sailed from Southampton November 7 and arrived New York November 27, three days after Canada, "New-York 24 Packet Nov 27" datestamp, fine
cover from St. Petersburg, Russia to Newark, New Jersey, endorsed "pr Prussian Closed Mail via Liverpool", carried on maiden voyage of Havre Line's Fulton arriving New York March 29, red "New York Am. Pkt. 30 Mar 29" datestamp, light wear, fine
folded letter to Cognac, France with "San Francisco 26 Paid 5 Mar" origination datestamp, endorsed "Via Panama & New York", red "New-York Am Pkt Mar 29" transit, carried by Collins Line's Ericsson departing New York March 29 arriving Liverpool April 12, rated "16" decimes due, French backstamps, very fine, this steamer was on long term charter by Collins Line in an attempt to maintain the contracted bi-weekly sailings
cover with France 80c strip of four tied by "1896" dotted numeral with "Marseille 12 Jun 57" datestamp alongside, addressed to New York City sent via Calais and Southampton, upon arrival red "New York Paid Jun 30" datestamp, stamps small faults, still very fine and attractive, the final voyage of Hermann and the penultimate Ocean Line voyage
cover with pairs of Great Britain 1d Red and 2d Blue tied by September 23, 1858 London duplexes, addressed to Buffalo, New York, treated as unpaid and handstamped "Insufficiently Stamped" and "3 cents" debit, black "New York Am. Pkt. 24 Oct 14" datestamp, very fine, carried on the final voyage of North Star
folded letter datelined "Buenos Ayres Abril 27 1859", sent to New York City via London, by RMSP's Camilla and Tamar (short-lived 6d per ½oz rate to United Kingdom), then by Kangaroo departing Liverpool June 8 and arriving New York June 21, black "New-York Am. Pkt. Jun 22" handstamp and "33" rate, very fine
folded letter to Crossen, Prussia datelined "Galveston March 25/60" with matching "Galveston Tex Mar 27 1860" double circle datestamp, endorsed "pr first Steamer for Europe", "New York Am. Pkt. 23 Apr 7" datestamp, carried by Vanderbilt's Illinois departing New York April 7 and arriving Havre April 24, backstamped Aachen, very fine, the first of five voyages by Illinois for the line
cover from Pigeon Cove, Massachusetts to Alexandra, Egypt, dated March 29, black "Boston 24 Mar 29" exchange, departed Boston March 30 and arrived Havre April 15, charged "32" decimes due to Alexandria, missing backflap, fine
envelope to Brodhead, Wisconsin with "Spalding Ju 11 61" origination postmark and June 12 London transit, "3 cents" debit, carried by Anglo-Saxon departing Liverpool June 13 arriving Quebec June 26, perfect strike of blue "Chicago. Am. Pkt. 24 Jun 28" exchange, very fine