Auction Detail
March United States Postal History
Featuring The Leonard Piszkiewicz Collection of Chicago Postal History, The Van Koppersmith Collection of Philadelphia Postal History and The Tony Dewey Collection of Hartford Postal History
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black exchanged ate stamp on incoming folded letter from London, Liverpool transit, endorsed "p Canada Pkt" departing Liverpool November 10 and arriving Boston November 25, black British "76 Cents" rocking horse debit, "96" quadruple rate handstamp of Philadelphia (Clarke 594), fine and scarce
black datestamp (Clarke 1533) and large two-line "Adv'd 1Cts" on incoming folded letter from Heidelsheim, Germany dated June 10, 1855, Aachen transit and red "American Packet." in semicircle, black "N. York Am. Pkt. 30 June 28" exchange, fine and scarce
black exchange datestamp (Clarke 600) on incoming folded letter from Calcutta, India dated November 8, 1856, red boxed "India" handstamp, endorsed "via Marseilles and London", carried by Cunard's Arabia from Liverpool to Boston, manuscript "$1.06" due, fine
black exchange datestamp (Clarke 604), month slug error, on incoming folded letter from London, attempted partial payment of 1sh treaty rate with Great Britain 1d Red, black "Too Late G.P.O.", Liverpool "3 Cents" rocking horse debit, intended for Cunard's Canada but carried on Collins Line's Ericsson to New York,
black exchange datestamp (Clarke 610) on incoming folded letter from Antwerp, Belgium dated February 21, 1856, London transit handstamp the next day, carried by Cunard's Africa departing Liverpool February 23 and arriving Boston March 8, black "5" due handstamp of Philadelphia (Clarke 549), fine, the latest recorded use of this "5" handstamp
black exchange datestamp (Clarke 600) on folded letter from Montevideo, Uruguay dated December 4, 1855, carried on Royal Mail Steam Packet's Tay to Southampton, January 11 London transit, then by Collins Line Baltic from Liverpool to New York City, manuscript "24" rate from England corrected with rare "45" debit of Philadelphia (Clarke 591) for rate from Uruguay, very fine, the earliest known use of this handstamp
black exchange datestamp (Clarke 600) on incoming folded letter from Rotterdam, Netherlands dated August 9, London transit August 11, black "21" due handstamp of Philadelphia (Clarke 573), very fine, the earliest known use of this marking
black datestamp (Clarke 614) on incoming cover from Huddersfield, England, postmarked March 27, Liverpool backstamp, endorsed "per Niagara", black "19" rate handstamp, very fine
red exchange datestamp (Clarke 635) on incoming cover from Paris, franked with France 10c Bistre, 20c Blue, 40c Orange, and 80c Lake all tied by grids, red framed "Br Service", very fine and attractive four-color franking
black datestamp on incoming folded letter from Calcutta, India dated April 22, 1857, black boxed "India Unpaid" handstamp, endorsed "p Steamer Bengal", British backstamp, very fine
red datestamp (Clarke 617) on incoming cover from London postmarked June 5, red "5 cents" rocking horse credit, carried aboard Cunard's Europa departing Liverpool June 6 and arriving Boston June 17, very fine
black exchange datestamp (Clarke 610) on incoming folded letter from London with original invoices enclosed, June 12, 1857 origination postmark, endorsed "p Persia Pkt" (Cunard), black "96" rate of Philadelphia (Clarke 594), very fine