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July 2023
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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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November 27, 1807 folded letter from London to New York City, red "Paid Dec 3 1807" handstamp, endorsed "p Packet" and manuscript "2/-" rate, very fine
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manuscript rate on folded letter from London to Philadelphia, endorsed "P Packet Jan'y 1808", red "Paid Jan 6 1808" datestamp, very fine
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manuscript rate on folded letter from London to Philadelphia, red British "Paid Feb 5 1808" postmark, very fine
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manuscript rate on outgoing April 12, 1808 folded letter to Saddleworth, England, rimless "Falmouth Pack't Lre" handstamp, very fine outbound Falmouth Packet, letter discusses the Embargo Act
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "22" rate on turned folded letter from New Orleans to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, internal tear, otherwise very fine, sent during the 1808 Embargo period
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September 23, 1808 folded letter from London to New York City, "Paid Oct 8 1808" handstamp with manuscript "2/-" packet rate, carried by Falmouth Packet Manchester, very fine Embargo period cover
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red datestamp with matching straight line "Ship" and manuscript "22" rate on folded letter from London to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, crowned "Paid Ship Letter London Sep 12 1808" handstamp, carried by Falmouth Packet Chesterfield, very fine Embargo period cover
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outgoing folded letter from New York City to Derby, England, rimless "Falmouth Packet Letter" postmark, "Forwarded from New York the 14th dec 1808 by the Lord Chesterfield packet by yr. obdt. servt. Robert Kinder & Co." on reverse, manuscript "2/1" due rating, very fine, letter discusses news of the Non-Intercourse Act effective March 1809, ex-Arnell
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manuscript rate on folded letter from Amsterdam, Netherlands to Providence, Rhode Island, British "Paid Feb 1 1809" circular datestamp, carried by Falmouth Packet Express, very fine
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manuscript port of entry rate on September 20, 1809 folded letter from Liverpool, endorsed "Commodore Rogers", very fine
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manuscript rate on folded lettersheet from London to Philadelphia, red "Paid 8 Oc 8 1811" datestamp and manuscript "6/-" triple rate, carried by Falmouth Packet Queen Charlotte to New York and rated "37½" inland postage, very fine, ex-Arnell
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folded lettersheet mailed from St. Martin's Lane, London (backstamp) to Montreal, Canada "via Halifax", red "Paid 4 Fe 4 1812" handstamp, carried by Falmouth Packet Sandwich on March 1, although marked "via Halifax" this cover was not in the Halifax bag landed at Bermuda April 7 but instead went on to New York in the closed bag for Montreal arriving April 17, very fine and interesting, ex-Arnell and Biales