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Image for 6 [1854], Image for 6 [1854],
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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# : 2433
Date: 28.03.2023 - 19:00

Pennsylvania Postal History

black double octagon rate handstamp with matching straightline "Ship" (Clarke 538, 555) on incoming folded letter from Bradford, England dated January 3, 1854 (letter erroneously states 1853), endorsed "p City of Glasgow", fine, the "6" in double octagon is scarcer in black than blue, just two months after this letter was sent the City of Glasgow was lost at sea with 480 on board

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