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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
LOT# : 3066
Date: 03/29/2023 - 17:00
Connecticut Postal History
19 covers and folded letters from Hartford's short-lived "blue period" during which postmaster Normand Lyman switched from the city's usual magenta ink to blue, includes the earliest blue ink postmark (May 24, 1847) and continues through December of that same year, handstamps include "5" and "10" numerals, pointing hand "Paid", and "Steam", generally fine to very fine, an interesting study of this seven month period
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Starting Price: $100
Hammer Price: $150