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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
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black datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and "7" handstamps on folded letter to New York City, datelined "S. John NB, 30 Aug 1852", very fine
three covers (1849/1853) from New Brunswick to New York via Eastport, generally fine to very fine, attractive group
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manuscript postmark with "Sh. 10" rate on folded letter from Dominica to Portland, Maine, age spots cleaned, very fine appearance, a scarce District of Maine cover, ex-Hazelton
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manuscript postmark with "Ship 14½" rate on folded letter from Haiti to Waldoborough, Maine, endorsed "Pr Brig Favorite", very fine, ex-Hazelton
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manuscript port of entry rate on March 23, 1792 folded letter from Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadalupe to Casco Bay, Maine, very fine, the 1792 rate change didn't come into effect until June 1, ex-Hazelton
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manuscript postmark with "Sh 16½" rate on folded letter from Cape Francis, Haiti to Boston, endorsed "p Cap Tesley via Portland", very fine, the earliest recorded Portland ship marking, letter from Walter Burling to Samuel Perkins, according to Harvard University the Perkins brothers "entered into a partnership with Walter Burling to form Perkins, Burling & Company; the firm traded in the products of slave labor including sugar, molasses, coffee, and cocoa, as well as enslaved people themselves"
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manuscript "Sh 4" port of entry rate on February 10, 1794 folded letter from Barbados to Casco Bay, Maine, very fine, ex-Hazelton
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manuscript postmark with "Sh 20" rate on folded lettersheet to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, endorsed "p Venus", very fine, ex-Lovey
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datestamp with manuscript "Sh 22" rate on folded letter from Bordeaux, France addressed "Passenger on Board the Brig Belisarius, Cap't Homes" in New York City", endorsed "favour Cap't Brown, Schooner Lucretia", very fine
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datestamp with manuscript "Sh 42" on folded letter from Bordeaux, France to Philadelphia, fine
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datestamp with manuscript "Sh 12" rate on folded lettersheet to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, endorsed "Cap't Salter, Ship Eliza, Portland", very fine
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red octagonal datestamp with matching "Ship" in oval handstamp and manuscript "27" rate on folded lettersheet to Columbia, South Carolina, endorsed "P Faber" on reverse, very fine, the only known example of this "Ship" in oval marking