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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
![Image for Provincetown Feby 7 [1811],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/762375.jpg?itok=lhRJTvus)
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manuscript postmark with matching "Ship 19" rate on folded lettersheet to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, endorsed "Isabella", very fine, unlisted ship marking
![Image for Provincetown Ms Mar 28 [ca. 1855],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/762380.jpg?itok=XokjiPiC)
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red datestamp with manuscript "Ship 12" rate on folded lettersheet from St. Kitts to Portsmouth, North Carolina, very fine, unlisted marking
![Image for Sp. 10 [Salem, Massachusetts, 1795],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/762713.jpg?itok=M6AYVMEf)
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manuscript rate on folded lettersheet from Charleston, South Carolina to Newburyport, Massachusetts, very fine, unusual Ship abbreviation, port of entry determined based on distance from Salem to Newburyport
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two-line handstamp with manuscript "Sh 10" rate on May 17, 1796 folded lettersheet from Belfast, (Northern) Ireland, to Beverly, Massachusetts, very fine, ex-White
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two-line handstamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "26" rate on folded letter to Philadelphia from Rochefort, France, extremely fine, the earliest "Ship" handstamp, one other is known from the same correspondence on the same day, sent during the French Revolution, ex-Wood
![Image for Salem, Ms Nov 23 [1801],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/762764.jpg?itok=i1ImXDYe)
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red datestamp with manuscript "Sp. 18" rate on folded letter from Hamburg, Germany to Beverley, Massachusetts, very fine, unusual Ship abbreviation ex-White
![Image for Sal Ms May 15 [1806],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/762759.jpg?itok=BadMYEtf)
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship." and manuscript "12" rate on folded lettersheet to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, forwarded to Dover with two-line "Portsmouth N.H. May 22" datestamp and "8" due, very fine
![Image for Salem Ms. Jul 27 [1807],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/762754.jpg?itok=dOuLv-kD)
![Image for Salem Ms. Jul 27 [1807],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/762754-2.jpg?itok=DxB7PTlg)
red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" handstamp and manuscript "12" rate on folded letter from Lisbon, Portugal to Providence, Rhode Island, very fine, ex-White
![Image for Salem Ms Jul 22 [1817],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/762749.jpg?itok=Yx3QEy3N)
![Image for Salem Ms Jul 22 [1817],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/762749-2.jpg?itok=43H3BkBc)
red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "20½" rate on folded letter from Havre de Grace, France to the French Consul in New Haven, Connecticut, forwarded to Boston via New York City with 18½c postage totaled to 39c, very fine and scarce
![Image for Salem Ms Oct 26 [1822],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/762744.jpg?itok=F2xCeeTo)
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "52" rate on June 21, 1822 folded letter from Batavia, Java to Baltimore, Maryland, fine, ex-White
![Image for Salem Ms Nov 1 [1823],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/762739.jpg?itok=AZb-1VmE)
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" handstamp and manuscript "8" rate on July 22, 1823 folded letter from Batavia, Java to Boston, very fine
![Image for Salem Ms Dec 26 [1829],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/762734.jpg?itok=oC0aglnT)
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datestamp with matching "Ship" and manuscript "27" rate on folded letter from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Baltimore, Maryland, very fine, unlisted "Ship" handstamp