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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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black datestamp ties 1861 1c Blue (63) to cover to Paris, France, double octagon "U.S. Penny Mail Phila. Pa. May 20" alongside, June 2 French entry and Paris backstamp, small faults, fine and scarce cover with only the carrier fee prepaid
double circle datestamp with matching target on 1861 3c Rose (65) cover to Edward Corgan in Philadelphia, red and blue design of soldier and flag with imprint "Published by Alfred S. Robinson, Numismatist and Broker, Hartford, Conn.", very fine cover from one publisher of patriotic envelopes to another
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
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