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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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blue datestamp and two strikes of matching "Paid" double octagon on large folded letter to Manchester, England, manuscript "75" double freight money steam rate, endorsed "Pr. President Steamer", backstamped "Liverpool Ship Letter", very fine, the President was the largest ship in the world when launched in 1840 but she was lost sea with 136 on board in March 1841, spelling the end of the British and American Steam Navigation Company
dateline on folded letter to London, two red oval backstamps reading "Forwarded By Goodhue & Co. New York" and "Forwarded Through Gilpin's Exchange, Reading Room and Foreign Letter Office N-York.", carried on Black X Line's President, red two-line "Brixham Ship Letter" backstamp over forwarding handstamps, very fine and usual with two forwarders
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blue datestamp and matching "Paid" double octagon on folded letter London, manuscript "1.12½" triple freight money steam rate, endorsed "p British Queen via New York", very fine and scarce
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red circular handstamp on folded letter dated August 14, 1841, endorsed "Via Acadia" departing Boston August 16 and arriving Liverpool August 28, boxed "Paid" and August 30 London tombstone, very fine
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blue datestamp with two strikes of matching "Paid" double octagon, manuscript "100" quadruple freight money rate (12½c per sheet domestic postage and freight money), endorsed "Packet Ship New York via Liverpool", backstamped "13 Sp 1841 Liverpool Ship Letter" and London datestamps, fine and scarce
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red handstamp on folded lettersheet from Philadelphia to London dated August 30, 1841, endorsed "Caledonia via Boston", backstamped "America/L" and September 15 London arrival, very fine strike and cover
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blue datestamp with matching "Paid" double octagon on folded letter to London, manuscript "75" triple freight money sail rate, endorsed "Via New York Packet of the 7th Sep't", backstamped "Oct 8 1841 Liverpool Ship", very fine
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blue datestamp and matching "Paid" double octagon on folded letter to Backnang, Wurttemberg, manuscript "12½" domestic postage, red "New-York Sep 24" transit, French transit, tear at top center, fine
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blue datestamp with matching "Paid" double octagon on folded letter to London with forwarding to Frankfurt, Germany, manuscript "37½" freight money steam rate, endorsed "pr British Queen", London October 19 tombstone and various backstamps, very fine and attractive use
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blue datestamp and matching "Paid" double octagon on folded letter to London, manuscript "25" freight money sail rate, endorsed "via N. York p Packet Ship Patrick Henry", "1842 Au 5 Liverpool Ship" and London arrival backstamps, very fine
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blue datestamp and matching "Paid" double octagon on folded letter to Halifax, England, red "Forw'd. From Harnden & Cos. Foreign Letter Office Phil'a." circular handstamp, carried by Cunard's Columbia from Boston, backstamped "America/L" oval, very fine
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blue datestamp and matching "Paid" double octagon on folded letter to Stuttgart, Wurttemberg, manuscript "25" domestic rate, endorsed "via Havre & Strasbourg", November 24 French entry, very fine