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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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red datestamp on folded letter from Younghall, Ireland to Montreal, Canada, crowned "Ship Letter Liverpool Jy 14 1838" double oval backstamp, manuscript "20¾" rate and "1/5½" Canadian due, very fine, ex-White
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manuscript port of entry rate on incoming cover from La Canea, Crete, George Benton manuscript endorsement at bottom of on folded cover, elaborate Syros (Greece) Lazaretto disinfection station cachet on reverse, enrolled "care of Messrs Fitch Brothers & Co., Marseilles", manuscript "Rec'd & forw'd 25th Aug 1838 by YOS, FB & Co.", Marseille transit and boxed "PD" and Paris backstamp, very fine, the earliest recorded cover from Crete to the United States
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datestamp on folded letter from Paris to Philadelphia, "Bureau Central (Paris) 22 Aout 1838" origination postmark and boxed "P.P.", manuscript "20¾" rate, very fine, ex-White
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red datestamp with manuscript "20¾" rate on folded letter from Liverpool to Boston, endorsed "per steamer Royal William", very fine
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red datestamp with manuscript "12" rate on folded letter from Lausanne, Switzerland to Morrisville, Pennsylvania, endorsed "Via Le Havre et New York", September 17 Berne postmark with matching circled "PP", red boxed "Suiss Par Delle" and "A.E./J.F." handstamps, very fine
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red datestamp with manuscript "12" rate on folded letter sent from Interlaken, Switzerland to Morrisville, Pennsylvania, endorsed "via Le Havre et New York", September 21 origin postmark with "PP" in oval, red boxed "Suisse Par Delle" and "A.E./J.F." handstamps, very fine
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red datestamp with manuscript "12" rate on folded letter sent from Switzerland to Morrisville, Pennsylvania, endorsed "par Le Havre et New York", October 3, 1838 Strasbourg origin postmark, boxed "P.P.", Paris transit backstamp, very fine
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red datestamp with manuscript "12" rate on folded letter from Rotterdam, Netherlands to Morrisville, Pennsylvania, endorsed "Via Havre", Rotterdam October 23 postmark and "P.P.", Paris transit backstamp, very fine
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red datestamp with manuscript "14½" rate on folded letter from Havana, Cuba to Coatesville, Pennsylvania, endorsed "Per Ship Arma to New York", forwarded from Coatesville to York with December 25 postmark, very fine
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manuscript port of entry rate on folded letter from Smyrna, Turkey to New York City, double circle "Purifie au Lazaret Malta" handstamp and scarce disinfected use blue "Paris 4 Janv 40" transit, red "Bureau Maritime" datestamp, manuscript "via Havre", very fine, ex-White
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red datestamp with manuscript "20¾" rate on folded letter from Irvine, England to Montreal Canada, endorsed "Via Liverpool & New York per steamer Liverpool", crowned "Ship Letter Liverpool 6 Fe 6 1839" datestamp with obliterated February 9 strike at right, very fine
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red datestamp with manuscript "12½" rate on folded letter from Paris to Philadelphia, two-line "Forwarded by Yr. Obt. Servts., Paris, Welles & Co." and oval "Forwarded by Gracie & Sargent, New York" backstamps, very fine, ex-White