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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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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and "7" handstamps on folded letter to Nantucket, Massachusetts, datelined "At sea on the off Shore Ground" with coordinates near the Galápagos Islands, small water stain, very fine, interesting whaling letter
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blue datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and "7" handstamps on folded letter from Callao, Peru to North Rochester Massachusetts, very fine, interesting whaling contents, ex-Wierenga
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blue datestamp with matching straight line "Ship" and "5" handstamps on cover to North Marshfield, very fine, includes 1951 letter from Stanley Ashbrook with notes on this cover
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blue datestamp with matching straight line "Ship" and "5" handstamps on cover to Rock, Massachusetts, mailed from the whaler Tropic Bird at Faial in the Azores, forwarded to South Dartmouth, Massachusetts with September 27 manuscript postmark, original contents, very fine, 2c ship fee combined with 3c inland and 3c forwarding for a total of 8c due
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datestamp with straightline "Ship" and "5" rate handstamp on cover to Holmes Hole, Massachusetts, endorsed "pr Bk Susan Jane", very fine
datestamp ties pair of 3c Dull red (26) to cover from Bagatelle, France to Boston, matching straightline "Ship" and blue crayon "5" rate, very fine, interesting contents mentioning the Battle of Magenta in the Franco-Austrian War
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datestamp with matching "Ship" handstamp and manuscript "Due 6" on cover to North Rochester, Massachusetts, docketed "Fourth letter, second voyage", very fine
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datestamp with straightline "Ship" handstamp and blue crayon "4" rate on incoming cover, pair of 2c Postage Dues on reverse, slightly reduced at left, otherwise very fine
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integral rate datestamp on cover to Dartmouth, Massachusetts, pair of 3c Postage dues tied by targets, small tears, still very fine
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datestamp with matching straightline "Ship." and manuscript "6" due on cover to Boston, contents datelined "Fayal [Azores], Mar. 13/81", endorsed "per Veronica", 1c and 5c Postage dues, small edge faults, fine
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integral rate datestamp on incoming cover from Horta, Azores, pair of 2c Postage Due on reverse, original contents, very fine
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manuscript "4" rate on incoming July 30, 1793 folded letter from Lisbon, Portugal, endorsed "P Leonard", very fine