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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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" on March 27, 1824 folded letter from Charleston, South Carolina to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, manuscript "14½" rate, red double circle "Harrisburg Penn Apr 16" datestamp and manuscript "6" for forwarding, vertical filefold, fine
red circled handstamp (Clarke 502) on November 11, 1824 folded letter from London to Philadelphia, black boxed "Forwarded by YOSt. Thos. W. Evans, Liverpool" backstamp, vertical filefold, fine
red circled handstamp (Clarke 554) on incoming folded letter datelined "Havana 16th April 1825", received April 30, fine
red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" on incoming folded letter to New York City from Kingston, Jamaica, black "Commercial Rooms" straightline forwarding agent backstamp, endorsed "p Susan Elizabeth, Philadelphia", manuscript "14½" rate, contents make reference to the slave trade, very fine
red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and manuscript "14½" rate on oncoming folded lettersheet from Kingston, Jamaica, black straightline "Commercial Rooms" forwarding agent's backstamp, endorsed "p Bristol via St. Jago de Cuba", very fine and rare, ex-White
red circled handstamp (Clarke 554) on incoming folded letter datelined "Tampico [Mexico] May 21, 1827", red two-line "Franco Tampico de Tamaulipas", endorsed "pr Schr Chase", fine and attractive
red straightline datestamp on folded letter datelined "New Orleans 13 Dec 1827" and addressed to New York City, manuscript "18¾" rate, red "Phil 3 Jan" datestamp, endorsed "Pr Ship Ohio", toning along filefold, still fine and rare with just 11 examples of the Philadelphia "Mail Route" handstamp recorded
red straightline datestamp on incoming folded letter datelined "Bellegrove [Louisiana] Feb'y 2 1828", carried on the Brig Franklin and treated as a New Orleans origin, some splitting along the folds, fine and rare with just 11 examples of the Philadelphia "Mail Route" handstamp recorded, ex-Skinner
red datestamp with matching "6" in circle (Clarke 554) on incoming folded letter from Leamington, England, endorsed "pr Experiment, Cap'n John Chapman", forwarded to Washington, DC with manuscript "fwd 12½", fine, ex-White
faint red datestamp and matching straightline "Paid" on incoming folded letter from Bristol, England to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, manuscript "1/½" British rate (half of the packet rate plus inland postage), "12" cents United States rate, fine
red datestamp with matching straightline "Paid" on incoming folded letter to Salem, Massachusetts, datelined "Surinam Jan'y the First 1831", manuscript "20¾" rate, fine, scarce origin, contents mention sperm whale oil
red datestamp with two strikes of matching straightline "Ship" and "6" in circle (Clarke 554) on incoming cover from Malaga, Spain, endorsed "for'd by Captain Davie of the Brig Canning", fine