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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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backstamp on incoming cover from Dunfermline, Scotland, black "Ship Due 4" in circle (Clarke 548) on front, pair of 2c Postage due stamps on reverse, very fine
21 folded letters that entered the United States at Philadelphia, origins including Cuba, England, France, India, Italy, Netherlands, and Spain, most with arced "Ship" and manuscript rate or "6" in circle (Clarke 554), generally fine to very fine, an interesting and early group
nine folded letters that entered the mails at Philadelphia, origins including Brazil, Cuba, France, Germany, most with Philadelphia datestamps and arced/straightline "Ship", manuscript rates or "6" in circle (Clarke 554), generally fine to very fine and interesting
24 folded letters that entered the United States at Philadelphia, origins including Brazil, Cuba, England, Florida Territory, France, Germany, India, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, and Trinidad, postmarks include red double octagon datestamp, blue and red straightline "Ship", "6" in circle and double octagon (Clarke 554, 555), and more, many with manuscript ship endorsements, generally fine to very fine, an interesting assortment
23 folded letters that entered the Untied States at Philadelphia with originations including Brazil, Cuba, England, and France, handstamps including blue straightline "Ship", "6" in circle and double octagon (Clarke 554, 555), "7" in circle (Clarke 561), and "12" double circle (Clarke 566), most with manuscript ship endorsements, generally fine to very fine, an interesting group
26 folded letters or covers with Philadelphia ship markings, origins include Brazil, England, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela, wealth of different markings including various straightline "Ship" handstamps, "Ship 4" in circle (Clarke 546), "Ship Due 4" in circle (Clarke 547), "6" in double Octagon (Clarke 555), "Ship 6" in circle (Clarke 556, 557), "7" in circle (Clarke 561), "12" in double circle (Clarke 566), and "Due 12" in circle (Clarke 567), generally fine to very fine, an attractive and useful selection
manuscript endorsement on folded letter datelined "Hartford August 2 1717", addressed to New London, Connecticut, very fine, one of the earliest letters from Hartford in private hands, the sender, Captain William Pitkin III, would later become Deputy Governor (1754-1766) and Governor (1766-1769) of Connecticut, mail marked "On His Majesty's Service" were either handled by military courier or sent by the post and reimbursed by the government
manuscript postmark on folded letter to Jeremiah Wadsworth in New York City, datelined Hartford August 18, 1776, originally rated "2.16" (2dwt 16gr) in Hartford but rerated "5.8" double weight in New York and marked "2/6" local currency equivalent, very fine early Congress Post letter
manuscript notation on pay order signed by Ezekiel Williams and Oliver Ellsworth, ordering 9sh payment to John Lawrence, both Ellsworth and Williams served on Connecticut's Committee of the Pay-Table during the Revolutionary War, very fine, Ellsworth would go on to serve as a senator and the third chief justice of the United States
manuscript postmark with matching "2.16" rate (2dwt, 16gr) alongside on folded letter to Colonel Samuel Ward in East Greenwich, Connecticut, light toning along filefolds, very fine Continental Congress Post letter, Samuel Ward, Jr. participated in Benedict Arnold's attack on Quebec and later saw action at the Battles of Red Bank and Rhode Island, in 1781 he retired and later served as a delegate to the Hartford Convention in 1814
black straightline postmark on large part folded lettersheet to New Haven, red straightline "Paid." and manuscript "2.16" rate, small repair at top center, very fine strike, the only recorded example of this postmark according to the Duffney census, one of the key items for an early Connecticut collection
manuscript postmark on folded letter to New York City, very fine, letter from Thomas Seymour who served as the first mayor of Hartford from 1774 until 1812