Lot Details

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
LOT# : 2373
Date: 28.03.2023 - 19:00

Pennsylvania Postal History

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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Starting Price: $100
Hammer Price: $100