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
- (-) Remove The Van Koppersmith Collection of Philadelphia Postal History filter The Van Koppersmith Collection of Philadelphia Postal History
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perfect strike of red double octagon (Clarke 555) on August 9, 1834 folded letter from Bristol, England, endorsed "p Monongahela, Capt'n Brown" of the Cope Line, additionally includes second cover dated March 8, 1837 with blue "6" double octagon from Birmingham carried on the Cope Line's Benjamin Morgan, very fine pair
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red double octagon datestamp with matching perfect strike of full rigged ship handstamp on incoming cover from Clermont, France, dated September 2, 1834, manuscript "14½" rate deleted and uprated to "20¾", extremely fine, one of the clearest strikes known of this beautiful and popular handstamp, a remarkable gem
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red double octagon datestamp with red Full Rigged Ship handstamp on incoming folded letter to Providence, Rhode Island, datelined Batavia, Dutch East Indies, red oval "Forw'd by Paine Stricker Batavia" backstamp, manuscript "39½" double rate, very fine and attractive
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red double octagon datestamp with matching Full Rigged Ship handstamp on incoming folded letter to White Plains, New York, datelined "U.S. Ship Fairfield, Callao Bay [Peru], June 5th 1835", bold double circle "Forwarded by I.B. Feraud Panama" handstamp and manuscript "Fwd by RM Harrison, U.S. Consul, Kingston, Jamaica" on reverse, very fine and attractive twice-forwarded letter
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blue datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" on incoming cover from Clermont, France to Chazy, New York, red Bordeaux datestamp and boxed "P.P.", rated "20¾" domestic postage, fine
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blue datestamp and matching straightline "Paid" on incoming folded letter to Boston, Massachusetts, datelined "Calcutta April 21st 1838", endorsed "p. Geo. Gardner", manuscript "20¾" rate, very fine, ex-White
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blue datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and "6" in double octagon (obliterated) on incoming folded letter from Liverpool to New York City, endorsed "Via Philadelphia p Algonquin" of the Cope Line, manuscript "52" rate for quadruple the 12½c postage plus 2c ship fee, fine
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blue datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" (Clarke 536) on incoming folded letter from Havana, Cuba to Boston, Massachusetts, manuscript "20¾" rate, very fine, the earliest known use of this "Ship" handstamp
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red circular handstamp on folded letter datelined "Philadelphia Nov-13-1841", originally addressed to Liverpool and carried by Cunard steamer with "1/-" due handstamp, returned to Philadelphia "p Susquehanna" of the Cope Line, "America/L" double oval backstamp, blue "6" in double octagon (Clarke 555) due, very fine and attractive, ex-Arnell
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blue datestamp on folded letter to Liverpool, manuscript "18¾" inland postage and "25" freight money steam rate, endorsed "p British Queen from N York", backstamped "Ship Letter", returned to Baltimore and entered the mails at Philadelphia, blue straightline "Paid" and "Ship" and with manuscript "14½" rate on reverse, very fine and interesting cover
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" (Clarke 536) on incoming folded letter from Clifton, England to Germantown, Pennsylvania, manuscript "8" rate (6c postage plus 2c ship fee), fine
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red datestamp with matching "Ship" (Clarke 536) on incoming folded letter from Frankfurt, Germany to Reading, Pennsylvania, endorsed "pr Bremen via Philadelphia", illegible manuscript forwarder on reverse, manuscript "22" double rate, fine and scarce