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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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magenta datestamp on cover to Kanagawa, Japan, endorsed "Care of Messrs. Olyphant & Co., Hong Kong, China", franked with 1861 5c Buff, 10c Green, and 30c Orange (67, 68, 71) each with matching grid, red "New York Paid Jul 26" exchange handstamp, carried aboard Cunard's Persia to Southampton, August 8 London transit and by British packet to Hong Kong where it was backstamped October 6, certificate mentions 5c perforation faults and 10c and 30c each with a short perforation which are of little consequence to the overall beautiful appearance of this cover, very fine three color franking with the 5c Buff, ex-Ishikawa, 2018 Philatelic Foundation certificate
magenta double circle datestamp on cover to Montreal, Canada, two strikes of matching negative star in circle fancy cancel (Skinner-Eno ST-E 10) tie 1861 10c Green (68), arrival backstamp, very fine and attractive
magenta double circle datestamp on cover to Paris, France, franked with 1866 15c Black (77) with segmented cork cancel, red "New York Paid 12 Jun 13" credit datestamp, French ship octagon and boxed "PD", very fine
black datestamp with matching quartered cork tying 1868 3c Rose "D" grill (85) to cover to Orient, New York, original enclosure, stamp with natural straightedge at right and small faults, very fine appearance
black datestamp with geometric duplex ties 1861 30c Orange (71) to cover to the United States Consul at Strasburg, France, then forwarded to London, magenta Hartford datestamp at bottom right, red "New York Paid 12 May 6" credit, French and British transits, roughly opened at top, still fine, an attractive and well-travelled cover with a wealth of different markings
magenta datestamp with matching cork tying 1861 12 Black (69) to cover to Liverpool, England, beautiful illustrated cornercard for the American Emigrant Co., red "New York Paid All Apr 4" exchange and "Paid Liverpool U.s. Packet 15 Ap 68" entry, stamp with trivial tear at upper right, extremely fine and attractive, M. Hubert Judd notation on reverse and 2005 Philatelic Foundation certificate
black datestamp and matching quartered cork tie 1868 2c Black "E" grill (87) to locally-addressed cover, tax notice enclosed, very fine and fresh
black datestamp on yellow cover to Norwich, Connecticut with "Singer's Sewing Machines, Geo. D. Grave, Agent" cornercard, franked with three 1868 2c Black "Z" grill (85B) tied by fancy star in circle cancels, rated as triple weight so "Due 3" handstamp applied in Hartford, original invoice enclosed for "4 rubber rings" and "2 doz. needles", very fine and rare, 2003 Philatelic Foundation certificate
small group of seven covers including cornercards from the Continental Life Insurance Company and United States Hotel, forwarded cover marked "Due 3", and single with captured "No. 8" on cover, generally fine to very fine and attractive
datestamp ties 1869 6c Ultramarine (115) to cover to London, England, red "New York Feb 12" exchange, carried by NGL Line's Rhein arriving Southampton February 23, red London "Paid" the same day, very fine and fresh
black datestamp duplexed with heart tie 1861 10c Green (68) to cover to Copenhagen, Denmark, black "New York Direct Mar 22" transit, as the rate was 13c the letter was marked "Insufficiently Paid" and the stamp disregarded, carried on HAPAG's Cimbria arriving Hamburg April 2, backstamped Copenhagen April 4, fine and attractive
black datestamp with matching star in circle fancy cancels tying 1869 3c Ultramarine pair and 10c Yellow (114, 116) to cover to Gothenburg, Sweden (Warner correspondence), red "New York Paid All Direct" backstamp and matching "4" credit, boxed "Bremen Franco 17 6" and "Weiterfr 1½ Sgr" handstamps, trivial tear at bottom, left, very fine and attractive cover overpaying by 2c the short-lived 14c direct rate to Sweden by North German Union mail, ex-Klein and Angel