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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black double octagon rate handstamp with matching straightline "Ship" (Clarke 538, 555) on incoming folded letter from Bradford, England dated January 3, 1854 (letter erroneously states 1853), endorsed "p City of Glasgow", fine, the "6" in double octagon is scarcer in black than blue, just two months after this letter was sent the City of Glasgow was lost at sea with 480 on board
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black datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and "7" in circle (Clarke 538, 561) on incoming folded letter from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to New Bedford, Connecticut, endorsed "p Conrad", very fine
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blue datestamp with matching "Ship" and "7" in double circle (Clarke 538, 561) on folded lettersheet to Washington, DC, rerated manuscript "Free", very fine, sent the last day of rate
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black datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" and "5" (Clarke 538, 551) on folded letter from St. Thomas to New York City, black "Foreign Letter Office St. Thomas" oval backstamp, very fine and scarce
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black datestamp ties 1852 3c Dull red, Type II (11A) to incoming cover to Machiasport, Maine, matching straightline "Ship" (Clarke 538) and "2" in circle, fine and scarce
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black datestamp ties 1855 3c Dull red, Type I (11) to incoming cover to Middleboro, Massachusetts, matching straightline "Ship" (Clarke 538) and "2" in circle, endorsed "La Guaira [Venezuela], per Brig Ellen", light wear, fine
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black datestamp on incoming folded letter to New York City from Puerto Cabello, Venezuela dated March 31, 1858, endorsed "por White Wing", black "5" and "Ship" handstamps (Clarke 538, 551), also includes second cover from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with black "Philadelphia Pa. Feb 11 1860" octagon, straightline "Ship" and "5Cts. Due", very fine pair
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black octagon datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" (Clarke 538) and "5Cts. Due" on incoming cover to New Bedford, Massachusetts, tear at top left, fine
large black octagon datestamp with matching "6" in double octagon (Clarke 555) on incoming cover from Caracas, Venezuela, endorsed "pr. Maxwell", letter from the United States Legation at Caracas includes information about "aftermath of revolution to overthrow the government, with several bands of armed men still active", very fine and interesting, ex-White
black octagon datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" (Clarke 538) and "5Cts. Due" on incoming cover to Washington, DC, postmarked August 25 and franked with 1857 3c Dull red (26, faults) for forwarding to New York City, light wear, fine
black octagon datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" (Clarke 538) and "5Cts. Due" on incoming cover to Washington, DC, postmarked August 25 and franked with 1857 3c Dull red (26) over due handstamp for forwarding to New York City, very fine, ex-Bernadt
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black octagon state stamp with matching straightline "Ship" and "6" in double octagon (Clarke 538, 555) on incoming folded letter from Liverpool, endorsed "Per Wyoming, Consignees", very fine