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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
- Erivan Collection of Western Postal History (329) Apply Erivan Collection of Western Postal History filter
- The Nancy Clark Collection of Maine Postal History (127) Apply The Nancy Clark Collection of Maine Postal History filter
- The Graham Booth Collection of Transatlantic Mail (118) Apply The Graham Booth Collection of Transatlantic Mail filter
- The Mark Schwartz Collection of Essex County, Massachusetts Postal History (104) Apply The Mark Schwartz Collection of Essex County, Massachusetts Postal History filter
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" handstamp on folded lettersheet to the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury Department in Washington D.C., manuscript "f" (free), "Amer. Sud Panama 6 Aout 44" transit backstamp and August 9 Panama handstamp on front, very fine
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black illustrated ship handstamp on cover addressed to "Wm. H. Cheever, Master, U.S. Navy, U.S. Frigate St. Laurence, Brazilian Squadron", fine strike of this popular handstamp which was used on mail forwarded to naval personnel from the U.S. Naval Lyceum in Brooklyn
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red datestamp on July 3, 1845 folded letter from Mannheim, Germany to Louisville, Kentucky, two-line origination postmark, endorsed "via Havre & New York Packet", French transits, forwarded to Providence, Kentucky with August 30 Louisville datestamp and small straightline "Forwarded", very fine, ex-White
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red datestamp with manuscript "12" rate on folded letter from Macau to Springfield, Massachusetts, very fine, scarce origin
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manuscript rate on folded letter to New York City, blue "Newcastle-on-Tyne Oc 2 1845" origin postmark and red boxed "Westgate St R.H." handstamp, landed at Boston and then downstreamed to New York City where rate was applied, very fine
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red datestamp on folded letter from San Salvador, El Salvador to Bath, New Hampshire, endorsed "Pr. Adela", red oval "Forwarded by Jon A. Thompson Jr. New York" backstamp, very fine, scarce origin
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red datestamp on folded letter from Paris to Mount Clarnet, Michigan, framed "Système D'échange International, A. Vattemare" handstamp and blue oval "Greene & Co. Paris." backstamp, very fine, Vattemare was a French ventriloquist and philanthropist who created the first international system for the exchange of items among libraries and museums
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circled rate handstamp on June 18, 1847 folded letter from Dublin, Ireland to New York City, London July 3 and Liverpool July 4 transits, carried by Cunard's Britannia to Boston arriving July 17, very fine, letter makes mention of the Irish Potato Famine, ex-White
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red circled port of entry rate handstamp on September 4, 1847 folded letter from Amsterdam, Netherland, endorsed "p Oneida", blue octagonal "Acheminee Par Wanner Langer & Co. Havre" forwarder's backstamp, red Havre transit and boxed "P.P.", very fine
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red due handstamp on September 26, 1847 folded letter from Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia to Brooklyn, additional origination postmark on reverse, carried by Cunard Hibernia to Boston then downstreamed to New York City, very fine, ex-Van der Linden and Walske
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red datestamp on folded letter from Malaga, Spain to Boston, endorsed "par le Vapeur du Havre New York", Paris and Havre forwarder's handstamps, carried by Herout & Handel Line's New York departing Havre October 24, the ship ran out of coal and put into Newport, Rhode Island on November 12 (with the mails arriving in New York November 13), very fine and rare cover from this short-lived line
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handstamp on folded letter from Demerara, British Guiana to DeWitt, New York, "12" rate in handstamp crossed out and re-rated with manuscript "7", very fine