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manuscript rate on October 1, 1797 folded letter from Birmingham, England to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, endorsed "p Dublin Packet", very fine and scarce, ex-Feldman

manuscript ship rate on folded lettersheet from England to Philadelphia via New York City, British "Paid Ap16 1798" triple-circle handstamp, very fine, contains a signed note from the recipient, William Rogers, who was a president of oratory and belles-lettres at the University of Pennsylvania from 1790 to 1811 and the first student at Brown University, enrolling in 1765

three folded letters, first December 24, 1801 folded letter from Havana, Cuba with black "New-York Jan 8" clamshell postmark and manuscript "Sh 14½" rate; second January 12, 1802 folded letter from Amsterdam, Netherlands with red "New-York Mar 27" clamshell postmark and manuscript "Sh 52" rate; third April 27, 1802 folded letter from Bordeaux, France with red "New-York Jun 10" oval and manuscript "Sh 27" rate, very fine trio of covers with different origins, markings, and rates