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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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folded letter sheet addressed to Hidestown, New Jersey datelined "Philadelphia 5 June 90" and endorsed "Stage", very fine, this letter would have been carried via either the Burlington or the Bordentown stage who competed over the same route
folded letter addressed to Hydestown, New Jersey datelined "Philadelphia 20th Sept. 1788", endorsed "p Stage", very fine, this cover was carried either by the Burlington or Bordentown stage, but as both companies used the same route and there is no indication in the letter it is impossible to tell which
folded lettersheet addressed to Philadelphia datelined "Cumberland N Jersey July 5th 1790" and endorsed "Stage", very fine, this cover was carried via stage from Cumberland to Cooper's Ferry (present day Camden), where the stage boarded the Philadelphia stage boat for carriage across the Delaware River to Philadelphia
folded letter to Morrisville, Pennsylvania datelined "Philadelphia April 24th 1822", endorsed "by Stage", very fine, this cover would likely have traveled directly from Morrisville to Philadelphia (a distance of just 32 miles), although no record of such a route has been found, ex-Roth
two 1824 folded letters addressed to Mount Holly, New Jersey, originating in Philadelphia, endorsed "by stage", both very fine, several stage companies passed through Philadelphia on the route to Mount Holly, so it is not known what company carried the letters in this correspondence, ex-Roth
approximately 115 covers and picture postcards beginning in the stampless era, wide variety of postmarks, better uses including registered, illustrated advertisements, and more, generally fine to very fine, an attractive starter collection
black straightline handstamp with manuscript date on folded letter to Philadelphia, manuscript "10" rate, very fine strike and cover (ASCC $100)
black circular datestamp on two folded letters dated April 28, 1848 and June 26, 1849, each with manuscript date and matching "V" rate handstamp, fine and scarce pair (ASCC $150 each)
red three-line datestamp on folded letter to New York City, manuscript "10" rate, fine and scarce with only a few examples of this handstamp known (ASCC $350)
blue embossed cornercard on ca. 1860s cover addressed to Mr. Hillings in New York City, very fine, according to Mosher "this letter was probably transported as internal express mail as Hillings was the New Jersey Express Agent in their New York City office at the time", very fine and attractive, see Bruce H. Mosher's New Jersey Private Express Companies Parts 10A-B
18 folded letters and covers including 1814 Woodbury manuscript, 1834 "per Dover Mail", 1838 Trenton, 1843 Burlington, 1847 Woodbury manuscript, 1849 Bloomfield and Somerville, 1850 Trenton in green, 1851 Rahway and Trenton, 1852 Morris Town, and Deerfield manuscript, generally fine to very fine, an attractive and interesting group
interesting old-time collection housed in five albums, we note items such as Flanders 1850 "Way 6", Freehold 1827 manuscript, Griggstown 1853, Lawrenceville 1853 straightline, Morristown 1832 and 1845, New Brunswick 1767 manuscript and 1834 rimless, Pennington 1846, Ramapaugh 1786 folded letter to Robert Morris in New York, Union 1850, Vincentown 1850 manuscript, Fogg's Express bootlegged letter, plus a wide variety of postmarks from larger cities such as Jersey City, Middletown Point, Newark, Patterson, Princeton, Somerville, and Trenton, some mixed condition but plenty of fine to very fine markings, a wonderful and interesting lot for the specialist