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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
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January 27, 1800 folded letter from Leeds, England to Boston, crowned "Ship Letter London" oval and manuscript "4/2" rate, carried by Falmouth Packet Earl Gower, very fine, ex-White
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "22" rate on folded letter from Saint-Pierre, Martinique to Philadelphia, very fine
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red straightline "Ship" of Boston on incoming folded letter from London, endorsed "via Liverpool" and "Liverpool, 3 Feb'y 1809, In the Mercator Cap'n Freeman, p.H.M.O.S.", very fine
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "19" rate on folded letter to New York City, datelined "On Board Ship Liverpool Packet, Banks of Newfoundland", very fine, interesting content about the War of 1812
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "14" war rate on folded letter from New Orleans to Gloucester, Massachusetts, very fine, interesting contents about life in New Orleans including a meeting with Judah Touro and a visit to Mississippi Territory
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manuscript rate on July 14, 1815 folded letter from Liverpool to Boston, partial strike of rare black "Post Paid Withdrawn Ship Letter Liverpool" backstamp, endorsed "p Mary Susan", very fine, 9c pays the port of entry war surcharge rate
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red ribbon handstamp on folded letter from Hackney, London to Boston, red crowed "Paid Ship Letter London 30 Oct 1816" handstamp, very fine, the earliest known use of the "Ship 6" ribbon handstamp
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "12" rate on folded letter from London to Plymouth, Massachusetts, scarce blue "Ship Milo, S.G. Bronson, Sail.d Mar 27" handstamp, very fine, ex-Blake
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "12" rate on folded letter from New Orleans to Spencer, Massachusetts datelined, endorsed "Pr. Sally & Esther", very fine, earliest recorded use of this straightline "Ship"
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and "Quarantine" handstamps and manuscript "12" rate on folded letter to Kingston, Massachusetts, originating in Havana, Cuba, endorsed "Grecian", very fine
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "77" rate on cover from London to New Orleans, "On His Majesty's Service." and "War-Office." imprints, clear strike of crowned "Free 10 De 1830" datestamp of London alongside foreign branch "A" in circle inspectors mark, returned to England with "G.P. Office Dead Letter" handstamp, some wear to be expected, still fine very scarce, ex-Booth
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partial red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "20½" rate on folded letter datelined "March 29, 1831, U.S.S. Constellation, Port Mahon [Menorca]", addressed to Morrisville, Pennsylvania, straightline "Quarantine" handstamp, very fine