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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

March 28-29, 2023 New York City
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LOT# :2349 - Pennsylvania Postal History
4 [1797],
Date: 28.03.2023 - 19:00
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brown rate handstamp (Clarke 501b) on incoming folded letter from Cape Francais (now Cape Haitien), Haiti, dated July 16, 1797, endorsed "Cap'tn. Reynolds, Georgia Packet", addressed to Manuel Eyre (Continental Army colonel, shipbuilder, and brother to Benjamin and Jehu Eyre), very fine, the Georgia Packet was a small schooner used by the Marine Committee of the Continental Congress to carry messages in and out of Philadelphia during the Revolutionary War

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LOT# :2350 - Pennsylvania Postal History
4 [1797],
Date: 28.03.2023 - 19:00
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two strikes of brown rate handstamp (Clarke 501b) on incoming folded letter from St. Thomas dated August 25, 1797, fine 

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LOT# :2351 - Pennsylvania Postal History
4 [1798],
Date: 28.03.2023 - 19:00
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brown rate handstamp in circle (Clarke 501d) on incoming folded letter from Hamburg, Germany dated June 12, 1798, very fine and rare

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LOT# :2352 - Pennsylvania Postal History
4 [1798],
Date: 28.03.2023 - 19:00
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brown rate handstamp in circle (Clarke 501d) on incoming folded letter from Bordeaux, France dated September 17, 1798, contents mention wine ("weather very favorable...product very good"), very fine and rare, this circled handstamp was in use for just seven months

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LOT# :2353 - Pennsylvania Postal History
6 [1799],
Date: 28.03.2023 - 19:00
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red rate handstamp in circle (Clarke 502, Type I) on incoming folded letter from Jérémie, Haiti dated April 28, 1799 and received May 27, very fine and early use of this handstamp, ex-Wierenga

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LOT# :2354 - Pennsylvania Postal History
6 [1799],
Date: 28.03.2023 - 19:00
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red rate handstamp in circle (Clarke 502, Type I) on incoming folded lettersheet from Hamburg, Germany dated April 29, 1799, received June 24, very fine and early use of this handstamp

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LOT# :2355 - Pennsylvania Postal History
6 [1800],
Date: 28.03.2023 - 19:00
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red rate handstamp in circle (Clarke 502, Type I) on incoming folded lettersheet from London dated February 12, 1800, bold "Post Paid Ship Lre London" double oval and matching "Ship Lre Liverpool" backstamp, received June 19, very fine, early use of these handstamps

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LOT# :2356 - Pennsylvania Postal History
6 [1800],
Date: 28.03.2023 - 19:00
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red rate handstamp in circle (Clarke 502, Type I) on incoming folded letter from Cape Francais (Cape Haitien), Haiti, dated April 26, 1800 and received May 12, endorsed "Brig Flora Cresswell", very fine

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LOT# :2357 - Pennsylvania Postal History
Phi 5 My [1800],
Date: 28.03.2023 - 19:00
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red datestamp on incoming printed prices current from Bilbao, Spain to Providence, Rhode Island, matching straightline "Ship" (Clarke) with manuscript "19" rate (2c ship fee plus 17c inland), received May 21, very fine

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LOT# :2358 - Pennsylvania Postal History
Phi 19 My [1800],
Date: 28.03.2023 - 19:00
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" (Clarke 510) on May 5, 1800 folded letter from Savannah, Georgia to Salem, Massachusetts, manuscript "42" rate (2c ship fee plus double 20c inland), black "Boston" straightline and "23 Ma" datestamp, very fine

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LOT# :2359 - Pennsylvania Postal History
Phi 16 Oc [1800],
Date: 28.03.2023 - 19:00
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" (Clarke 510) on incoming July 18, 1800 folded letter from Dunkirk, France to Baltimore, Maryland, carried through the British blockage of the Chesapeake, manuscript "14½" rate upon arrival in the United States (2c ship letter fee plus 12½ inland postage), fine cover from the early stages of the Napoleonic Wars, ex-Arnell

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LOT# :2360 - Pennsylvania Postal History
Phi 6 Mr [1801],
Date: 28.03.2023 - 19:00
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red datestamp with matching straightline "Ship" (Clarke 510) on incoming folded letter from Amsterdam, Netherlands to Providence, Rhode Island, endorsed "Cap't Morton via Boston", manuscript "36" rate (2c ship letter fee plus double 17c inland), very fine

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