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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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![Image for P.H. & Fishkill R.R. Nov 8 [ca. 1853],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3064-public/Singles/742136_001.jpg?itok=_2_nCz_0)
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black datestamp ties 1851 3c Dull red (11A) to cover to New York City, very fine and scarce, the Hartford, Providence and Fishkill Railroad was formed by a merger in 1849 (Towle 54-B-1)
double circle datestamp with clear strike of eight-pointed geometric killer on 3c Pink entire to Middletown, Connecticut, cover small repair at top, very fine strike (Skinner-Eno GE-R 39)
![Image for Hartford Conn. Feb 22 [ca. 1866],](https://files.hrharmer.com/files/styles/gallery-small/s3/sale-images/3064-public/Singles/742126_001.jpg?itok=6D625Jw_)
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datestamp with duplexed three-leaf clover ties 1861 3c Rose to cover to Tolland, Connecticut, second clear strike at right, fine (unlisted in Skinner-Eno, most similar to PP-C 20)
small group of 16 covers and cards including "Boston, Hart. & Erie R.R.", "Hart. & Millerton Agt" (with both "W" and "E" killers), "Hartford & M. Agt.", "Hart & Saybrook R.P.O.", "Hartford & State Line R.P.O.", "P.H. & Fishkill R.R.", and "Spring. & Hartford R.P.O.", some light duplication, generally fine to very fine, an interesting group
expansive collection documenting the postal history of Operation Crossroads, which consisted of a pair of nuclear weapon tests conducted in mid-1946, replete with better items including Joint Task Force 1 cachets, hand-drawn cartoon by Grant Powers (official artist for Operation Crossroads), earliest and latest recorded dates of Branch Number 13746, several covers from Kwajalein Base, November 1946 cover with typed "Joint Crossroads Committee" return address, one of 30 covers flown on the F-13 with Major George Birdsong on Test Baker Day, official card of participation and dog tag from a member of Landing Craft Infantry USS LCI 1067, inbound cover to doctor on the U.S.S. Panamint, April 1946 cover celebrating the broadcast of Jack Benny's Radio Show from the U.S.S. Saratoga, Japanese Battleship Nagato covers, cover carried on B-29 "Dave's Dream" the day of the Able test and signed by nine of the 14 people on board, and much more, plus ancillary material including newspapers detailing the bomb tests, nearly all mounted on exhibit pages with detailed descriptions, very fine, an extraordinary collection for the World War II-era postal historian which could easily be reworked into another exhibit or incorporated into an existing collection, careful viewing a necessity