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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
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red datestamp with manuscript "27" rate on folded letter sent from Glasgow, Scotland to York, Canada and forwarded to Dundas, endorsed "Via New York", red boxed "Paid at Glasgow", green Queenston December 13 datestamp, Canadian postage including 2d carriage fee at top right, very fine
red datestamp with manuscript "20¾" rate and straightline "Ship" over circled "6" handstamp on folded letter from Amsterdam, Netherlands to Providence, Rhode Island, endorsed "pr packet August", manuscript "3 Delivery", very fine, accompanied by Hahn's notes stating "only 3rd delivery NYC I've seen"
red datestamp with manuscript "27" rate on folded letter from Edinburgh, Scotland to Toronto, Canada, endorsed "to go by Liverpool", green Queenston datestamp, Canadian postage including 2d ferriage fee at top right, Toronto receiving backstamp, very fine
red transit datestamp on folded letter from London to Dundas, Canada, endorsed "via New York", crowned "Paid Ship Letter London 18Jy 1835" oval and London Maltese cross, green Queenston transit, rerated to "1/11" due in Canada, extremely fine, ex-Allen
red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "27" rate on folded lettersheet from England to Toronto, Canada, endorsed "via New York", green Queenston transit and manuscript Canadian rates, fine
red datestamp with manuscript "20¾" rate corrected to "14½" on folded letter from Geneva, Switzerland to Mauch Chunk (now Jim Thorpe), Pennsylvania, September 25 Havre datestamp, backstamped "Forwarded by Emerson & Norwood, Havre", very fine
red datestamp with manuscript "12½" rate on folded letter sent Paris to Philadelphia, blue Paris origin postmark and boxed "P.P.", black framed "Paquebots du Havre & de New-Yorck" handstamp, carried by the Poland departing November 16, fine
red datestamp with manuscript "20¾" rate on folded lettersheet to Albany, New York, endorsed "Packet Ship Garrick", very fine, this letter was carried on the first return trip of the Dramatic Line, David Garrick was a leading Shakespearean actor of the 18th Century
manuscript port of entry rate on incoming April 28, 1836 folded letter from Belfast, (Northern) Ireland, endorsed "England" (Black Ball Line, departing May 1), black framed "Forwarded by Malcomson Bell & Co. Liverpool" handstamp, very fine, ex-Roberts
manuscript port of entry rate on folded letter from Dublin, Ireland, endorsed "p Carroll of Carrollton", two strikes of red straightline "2nd Delivery" handstamp, very fine, ex-Hahn
red datestamp with manuscript "12½" rate on folded letter datelined "U.S.S. Peacock, Batavia Roads, Feb. 16, 1836", very fine, personal letter advises that this will be the last letter he will be able to write until the Peacock reaches Canton in October
red datestamp with manuscript "12" rate on folded letter from Genoa, Italy to Morrisville, Pennsylvania, two-line "P.P. Genova" handstamp, boxed "PF" and "Italie Par Le Pont De Beauvoisis", very fine