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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blue double circle handstamp (Clarke 566) on incoming folded letter from Paris, March 1 Paris datestamp and March 3 British transit, carried aboard Cunard's Hibernia departing Liverpool March 4 and arriving Boston March 20, very fine
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blue double circle handstamp (Clarke 566) on incoming cover from Unterseen, Switzerland, July 13, 1847 origin postmark, July 16 Bern and July 19 Calais and Liverpool transits, carried aboard Cunard's Hibernia departing Liverpool July 20 and arriving Boston August 2, fine
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blue double circle handstamp (Clarke 566) on incoming folded mourning letter from Paris, postmarked September 14, 1847, red September 16 Liverpool transit, carried aboard Cunard's Hibernia departing Liverpool September 19 and arriving Boston October 3, very fine, ex-Boettger
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blue double octagon rate handstamp (Clarke 555) on incoming folded letter from Spalding, England dated January 4, 1848, London "Paid" the following day, "Ship Letter Liverpool" January 6 and 11 backstamps, received in Philadelphia February 29, fine and attractive, ex-Arnell
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blue double circle handstamp (Clarke 566) on incoming folded letter from Bremen, Germany, January 9, 1848 origin postmark, red Liverpool January 13 transit, carried aboard Cunard's Acadia departing Liverpool January 15 and arriving Boston February 1, very fine and attractive
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blue double octagon with matching straightline "Ship" (Clarke 555, 531) on folded letter from Manchester, England dated June 10, 1851, "Forwarded by J.T. Crook & Chin Liverpool" oval backstamp, endorsed "pr Tuscarora" (Cape Line), very fine
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blue double octagon handstamp (Clarke 555) on incoming folded letter from Puerto Cabello dated June 28, 1851, endorsed "pr barque Paez, Cap'n Wilkens", very fine strike
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blue datestamp with "Phila. 10Cts. Paid" red octagon, manuscript "10" over "5" (Clarke 528b) on folded lettersheet to Basel, Switzerland, endorsed "per Steamer Asia" but carried by Cunard Line's Africa departing New York December 3 and arriving Liverpool December 14, black December 16 Calais entry datestamp, crayon "108" (rappen) due, December 18 Basel arrival backstamp, very fine and interesting, just six examples of this re-rated handstamp recorded in the Winter census
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blue datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and "7" in circle (Clarke 538, 561) on incoming folded letter from Pernambuco, Brazil, endorsed "Minnesota", addressed to New York City and forwarded to Malden, Massachusetts with 1851 3c Orange brown, Type I (10) with upper left sheet margin, tied by pen cancel, very fine and attractive
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blue datestamp on incoming folded consignee's letter from Liverpool dated March 17, matching straightline "Ship" and with "6" in double octagon over "7" in circle (Clarke 538, 555, 561), endorsed "p Tonawanda", very fine and attractive
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black datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" (Clarke 538) and "2" in circle on 3c Red Nesbitt entire (U10, with seal on reverse), addressed to Baltimore, Maryland, very fine
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red datestamp with matching "30" rate handstamp (Clarke 585) on folded letter to Bischofswerda, Saxony, large "7" Boston exchange handstamp, sent on Cunard's Canada, Aachen "Franco" and backstamped Boston, Aachen, and Leipzig, very fine and scarce