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 exchange datestamp (Clarke 614) on incoming folded letter from London dated April 9, 1858, black "19 Cents" rocking horse debit, carried on Cunard's Canada to Boston, very fine
black datestamp (Clarke 600) on incoming folded letter from London postmarked October 23, matching "96" handstamp (Clarke 594, latest recorded use) for quadruple rate letter, carried by North Atlantic Steamship Company's Adriatic on her final voyage departing Southampton October 26 and arriving New York November 5, very fine, a scarce line
red exchange datestamp (Clarke 637) on incoming folded letter from Jersey dated May 29, 1860, red "20 Cents" rocking horse credit, endorsed "Via Liverpool to go Mail Steamer on Saturday 2d June" and carried by Cunard's Niagara, with scarce "96" rate handstamp (Clarke 594) of Philadelphia for double rate, very fine and attractive
black exchange datestamp (Clarke 627) on incoming folded letter from London, manuscript "38" British debit, postmarked March 24, 1860, carried on Cunard's Niagara that same day arriving Boston April 9, datestamp uses the wrong month as this cover actually arrived in Philadelphia April 10, very fine
red octagonal datestamp on incoming folded letter from Paris franked with France 80c Lake, postmarked August 16, 1860, carried on NGL Line's New York from Southampton to New York, two strikes of red "15" rate handstamp of Philadelphia (Clarke unlisted), very fine and attractive, ex-Littauer
red datestamp (Clarke 617) on incoming folded lettersheet from Liverpool, Great Britain 1sh Green tied by black barred oval "466", red "5 Cents" rocking horse credit, endorsed "p Arabia" (Cunard), fine
black exchange datestamp (Clarke 610) on incoming folded letter from Baden, Germany, French transit backstamp, endorsed "via Angleterre", black "21" debit handstamp (Clarke 574), very fine and scarce origin
black datestamp (Clarke 614) on incoming mourning cover from London postmarked February 9, black "19 Cents" rocking horse credit, very fine and quite attractive
black exchange datestamp (Clarke 600) on incoming cover, first page of contents headed Austrian Dominion Lombardy, June 10, 1862, second page headed Venice where the cover was sent privately to "Brown, Shipley & Co., Liverpool" (black forwarder handstamp), black "38 cents" rocking horse debit, "48" debit of Philadelphia (Clarke 592), very fine
black datestamp on incoming cover from Pisa, Italy, black "Brown, Shipley & Co. Liverpool" forwarder's handstamp, carried on Inman's Etna September 10, upon arrival "Philadelphia. Am. Pkt. 24 Sep 22" (Clarke 604) applied in error and corrected with "48" handstamp (Clarke 592), original contents, fine and scarce
black datestamp on incoming cover with "Etablissements du Gabon, Gabon 23 Sept 1863" origination, French transits and manuscript rates, slightly reduced at right, very fine, an extremely rare incoming cover from the French colony of Gabon, ex-Myers
black datestamp (Clarke 614) on incoming cover from London postmarked September 3, black "Too Late G.P.O." and "19 Cents" credit rocking horse, carried aboard Cunard's Arabia, fine