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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 Ship 6 [Providence, Rhode Island, 1833],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/761345.jpg?itok=Kd4OCe1C)
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red straightline "Ship" with manuscript port of entry rate on December 8, 1833 folded letter from Goshen, South Carolina, very fine
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "12" rate on folded letter from Matanzas, Cuba to Boston, very fine
![Image for Paid Ship [Providence, Rhode Island, 1849]](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/761513.jpg?itok=bHnMtOjT)
![Image for Paid Ship [Providence, Rhode Island, 1849]](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/761513-2.jpg?itok=GzR89qHo)
red two-line handstamp on April 12, 1849 folded letter from London to Providence, Rhode Island, red Maltese cross and "5 Cents" credit rocking horse, carried by Cunard's America, very fine strikes, an attractive cover, ex-Winter
nine covers ranging from 1807/1850, mostly Cuba origins, nice variety of rates and markings, fine to very fine
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manuscript postmark with "14½ sh" rate on folded lettersheet to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, very fine, ex-White
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mute postmark with matching straightline "Ship" handstamp on folded letter sent from Matanzas, Cuba to Bristol, rhode Island with manuscript "8" rate, endorsed "New Columbia Cap Collins", very fine, business letter that mentions that "The Two Pirates that troubled Capt. French were executed last week during my abscence" ex Flannery
![Image for Warren. R.I. Mar. 13 [1830],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/762481.jpg?itok=R6rWkEhp)
![Image for Warren. R.I. Mar. 13 [1830],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/762481-2.jpg?itok=Up8QqaF7)
red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" handstamp on folded letter sent from Matanzas to Bristol, Rhode Island, endorsed "New Columbia", very fine
three items, first January 7, 1802 folded letter from Charleston, South Carolina to "Wiscasset, District Maine" with manuscript "Warren March 8" postmark and "30sh" rate; second July 27, 1816 folded letter from Havana, Cuba to Bristol, Rhode Island with "Warren R.I. Aug 15" rimless datestamp, straightline "Ship", and manuscript "8" rate; third February 22, 1831 folded letter from Havana, Cuba to Boston with red "Warren R.I. Mar 12" datestamp, matching straightline "Ship", and manuscript "12" rate, fine group
![Image for M.U. Houses 22 Aug [Middletown Upper Houses, Connecticut, 1817]](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/758209.jpg?itok=R34da3-8)
![Image for M.U. Houses 22 Aug [Middletown Upper Houses, Connecticut, 1817]](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/758209-2.jpg?itok=glQUJGcF)
manuscript postmark with "Ship 14½" rate on folded letter from Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadalupe to Wickford, Rhode Island, very fine, a remarkably rare postmark especially on a ship letter
![Image for Ship. 6 [Middletown, Connecticut, 1824],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/758199.jpg?itok=JM_z6Zik)
![Image for Ship. 6 [Middletown, Connecticut, 1824],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/758199-2.jpg?itok=EA0e5l-M)
![Image for Ship. 6 [Middletown, Connecticut, 1824],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/files-local/styles/gallery-small/public/Lot 2268-1.jpg?itok=eI8F-8Ds)
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red "Ship." handstamp and manuscript "6" rate on incoming folded letter from Trinidad, endorsed "For'd by Cap't Gaylord", very fine, interesting personal contents
![Image for Middletown Conn Apr 14 [1828],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/758204.jpg?itok=2lmdzcfl)
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "14½" rate on folded letter to Hingham, Massachusetts, manuscript "Turks Island, March 27th 1828, Forwarded by Yr. Obt. Servt. Nath. Lightbourn" on reverse, very fine, very early and unlisted forwarder's mark
![Image for New Haven Ct. Aug 15 [1808]](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/758264.jpg?itok=zWo5iuVV)
![Image for New Haven Ct. Aug 15 [1808]](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3066-public/Singles/758264-2.jpg?itok=5CymYhD3)
red oval datestamp with manuscript "Sh 32" rate on folded lettersheet from Pointe-à-Pitre to New York City, endorsed "Forward by Cap'n Pegue", fine triple-rate cover carried during the Embargo Act