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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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red datestamp with matching arced "Ship" (Clarke 511) and manuscript "39½" rate on folded letter from Bordeaux, France dated June 19, 1808, endorsed "U.S. Packet Brig St. Michael", very fine, 39½c postage pays triple the 12½c rate plus 2c ship letter fee, sent during the Embargo period but arrived after the Non-Intercourse Act
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red rate handstamp in circle (Clarke 502, Type V) on incoming folded letter from Cadiz, Spain dated October 28, 1810, endorsed "Fabius Daly", very fine
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red rate handstamp in circle (Clarke 502, Type IV) on incoming printed prices current from Lisbon, Portugal dated December 15, 1812, includes letter about the ship Electra, very fine incoming letter sent during the War of 1812
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red datestamp with matching arced "Ship" (Clarke 511) and manuscript "27" rate on folded lettersheet to St. Simons, Georgia, fine, 27c postage pays the single 25c rate plus 2c ship letter fee, sent during the War of 1812 which began about six months prior
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red rate handstamp in circle (Clarke 502, Type IV) on incoming folded letter from Cadiz, Spain datelined January 21, 1813, endorsed "pr Brig Ranger", very fine, the letter from James Crawford begins "I informed you by the Ann Maria for Phila of my arrival here & the state of the market", according to the New-York Evening Post of March 10, the Ranger "passed through a squadron of several sail off the Chesapeake", an interesting War of 1812 cover
red circled port of entry war rate handstamp (Clarke 503) on May 20, 1815 folded letter from Halifax, England to Philadelphia, mostly clear red "Post Paid Withdrawn Ship Letter Liverpool" May 27 backstamp, manuscript per "Superior", very fine, less than five examples of this handstamp recorded, ex-Arnell, Kraulin, and Biales
red datestamp and matching arced "Ship" on folded letter datelined November 26, 1814, from Birmingham, England to New York City, manuscript "20¾" war rate (18¾c postage plus 2c ship fee), endorsed "p Lord Whitworth", faint red "Post Paid Withdrawn Ship Letter" backstamp (probably London), fine
red port of entry war rate handstamp (Clarke 504) on June 16, 1815 folded letter from Manchester, England to Philadelphia, black "Post Paid Withdrawn Ship Letter Liverpool" backstamp and manuscript "4" (d) rate (one third of packet charge), light stain, fine, writer rejoices the restoration of an "amicable relationship betwixt the two Countries"
red entry port war rate handstamp (Clarke 504) on large part July 21, 1815 folded lettersheet from London to Philadelphia, superb strike of black "Post Paid Withdrawn Ship Letter London" over backflap seal, endorsed per "Electra", very fine and rare
red datestamp and matching arced "Ship" on folded letter from Bremen, Germany to Baltimore, Maryland, manuscript "39½" war rate (37½c postage plus 2c ship fee), very fine
red datestamp with matching arced "Ship" on May 28, 1816 folded letter from New Orleans to New York City, manuscript "14½" rate, endorsed "pr Ship Ohio", fine, the Ohio was reported at the Philadelphia Lazaretto on June 24
red circled rate handstamp (Clarke 502) on November 1, 1820 folded letter from Charleston, South Carolina to Philadelphia, endorsed "Georgia Packet", fine