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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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manuscript port of entry rate on March 16, 1813 folded letter from Cadiz, Spain, very fine
two folded letters from the same correspondence endorsed "First" and "Second", both datelined "Cadiz March 16th 1813", sent by different ships because of War of 1812 blockade, first with manuscript "6" port of entry rate, second bootlegged with red "New-York 25 Apr" datestamp and manuscript "1" drop letter rate, very fine and interesting pair
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" handstamp and manuscript "37½" rate corrected to "62" on folded letter from Liverpool to Albany, New York, red "Post Paid Withdrawn Ship Letter Liverpool" backstamp, very fine, 62c pays four times the 15c war rate plus 2c ship fee
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "20¾" rate on folded letter from New Orleans to Haddam, Connecticut, very fine war rate ship letter, ex-Lovey
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "27½" war rate on folded letter from Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe to Newburyport, Massachusetts, endorsed "Pr Cap Dale", very fine war rate letter containing contents about the upheaval of trade in the West Indies due to fear of imminent attack by the British
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red straightline "Ship" handstamp and manuscript "9" war rate on September 4, 1815 lettersheet from Liverpool to Montreal, Canada, endorsed "Care of Mr. Boorman, New York", repaired, very fine appearance
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manuscript port of entry war rate on October 31, 1815 folded letter from London to New York City, endorsed "p Amazon", very fine, ex-Biales
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red datestamp with manuscript "1½" rate on December 30, 1815 folded letter sent under cover from Montreal, Canada to New York City, very fine, on March 23, 1815 Postmaster General Meigs clarified that the war surcharge did not include drop letters but certain postmasters continued to charge the 1½c drop letter war rate
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February 6, 1817 folded letter from London to Philadelphia, carried by Falmouth Packet Francis Freeling to New York, manuscript "8/8" packet rate, very fine quadruple-rate letter, the highest recorded Falmouth Packet rate
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March 3, 1817 folded letter from Chertsey, England to New York City via Falmouth Packet, red "Paid 4 Mr 4 1817" handstamp, manuscript "2/2" packet rate, very fine, no charge to deliver at port of entry
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and "Free" handstamps on July 26, 1818 folded letter from Havana, Cuba to Washington, D.C., very fine, addressed to Virginia politician Richard Bland Lee who was appointed by President James Madison after the War of 1812 as one of three Commissioners to superintend the reconstruction of the Federal buildings in Washington damaged by British troops
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two folded letters from the same correspondence, first dated August 19, 1818 and with red "New-York Oct 9" datestamp, straightline "Ship", and manuscript "20½" rate; second dated September 1, 1818 and with red "New-York Nov 16" datestamp, straightline "Ship", and manuscript "39" rate, very fine pair