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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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manuscript postmark and "18½" rate on 1819 folded letter to Albany, New York, black "Quebec Paid" handstamp with manuscript "1/-" rate, March 30 Quebec origin datestamp on reverse, file fold, fine use showing winter routing of mail, ex-Johnstone and Fitzgerald, illustrated in Postal History of Vermont
manuscript marking on 1833 folded letter from Canton, New York, applied in St. Albans, Vermont (where the letter was addressed), vertical filefolds, very fine, the only recorded steamboat marking from St. Albans, carried across Lake Champlain by the steamer MacDonough
dateline on folded letter to Philadelphia, manuscript "22" [d] rate representing the 300-400 mile rate in local currency (plus the standard 2d carrier fee), very fine
approximately 25 covers and cards related to the Spanish American War, mostly sent from Savannah, Georgia on Camp Cuba Libra stationery, wonderful patriotic designs and interesting historical content throughout, generally fine to very fine and interesting
small group of 12 covers including 1 on large piece with blue "Eastern R.R." datestamp, 1LB9 tied to 3c entire (faults), 15L18 untied on cover with 26, 15c Orange Bank Note on 5c entire with New York Supplementary Mail cancels, 8c and 15c Columbians on registered cover to Prague, Spanish American War patriotic to England, and more, some faults but generally fine or better
group of about 25 covers including three 1901 Pan American advertising covers (one with label tied), five covers with First Bureau plate number strips, C18 on flight cover, and more, plus a small group of 2c Battleship revenues on checks, mixed condition but mostly fine or better, an eclectic group that requires a close look