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United States United States Postal History - Connecticut Postal
Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3001
Symbol: Cover
"On His Majesty's Service" [1717], manuscript endorsement on folded letter datelined "Hartford August 2 1717", addressed to New London, Connecticut, very fine, one of the earliest letters from Hartford in private hands, the sender, Captain William Pitkin III, would later become Deputy Governor (1754-1766) and Governor (1766-1769) of Connecticut, mail marked "On His Majesty's Service" were either handled by military courier or sent by the post and reimbursed by the government (Image)
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Closed..Mar-29-2023, 10:04:59 EST
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3002
Symbol: Cover
Hartford [1776], manuscript postmark on folded letter to Jeremiah Wadsworth in New York City, datelined Hartford August 18, 1776, originally rated "2.16" (2dwt 16gr) in Hartford but rerated "5.8" double weight in New York and marked "2/6" local currency equivalent, very fine early Congress Post letter (Image)
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Closed..Mar-29-2023, 10:07:03 EST
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3003
Symbol: Cover
"Hartford 16th Aug't 1777", manuscript notation on pay order signed by Ezekiel Williams and Oliver Ellsworth, ordering 9sh payment to John Lawrence, both Ellsworth and Williams served on Connecticut's Committee of the Pay-Table during the Revolutionary War, very fine, Ellsworth would go on to serve as a senator and the third chief justice of the United States (Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3004
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Hartford Sept 28 [1782], manuscript postmark with matching "2.16" rate (2dwt, 16gr) alongside on folded letter to Colonel Samuel Ward in East Greenwich, Connecticut, light toning along filefolds, very fine Continental Congress Post letter, Samuel Ward, Jr. participated in Benedict Arnold's attack on Quebec and later saw action at the Battles of Red Bank and Rhode Island, in 1781 he retired and later served as a delegate to the Hartford Convention in 1814 (Image)
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Closed..Mar-29-2023, 10:09:02 EST
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3005
Symbol: Cover
Cat No: Collection
Hartford Sept.9 [1787], black straightline postmark on large part folded lettersheet to New Haven, red straightline "Paid." and manuscript "2.16" rate, small repair at top center, very fine strike, the only recorded example of this postmark according to the Duffney census, one of the key items for an early Connecticut collection (Image)
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Closed..Mar-29-2023, 10:11:13 EST
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3006
Symbol: Cover
pd. Hartford Nov. 11. paid 12½ [1792], manuscript postmark on folded letter to New York City, very fine, letter from Thomas Seymour who served as the first mayor of Hartford from 1774 until 1812 (Image)
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Closed..Mar-29-2023, 10:13:24 EST
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3007
Symbol: Cover
Hart*d May 11 [1793], bold black datestamp on folded letter to New York City, manuscript "12½" rate, very fine, the earliest recorded use of this postmark and one of just 10 recorded (Image)
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Closed..Mar-29-2023, 10:15:21 EST
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3008
Symbol: Cover
Hart*d Dec 18 [1793], black datestamp with matching straightline "Paid" and manuscript "8" rate on folded letter to New Haven, very fine example of this scarce postmark with just 10 examples known, letter written by Revolutionary War veteran John Chester who served as Supervisor of the United States Department of Revenue for the District of Connecticut (Image)
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Closed..Mar-29-2023, 10:16:50 EST
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3009
Symbol: Cover
Hart*d M*h 2 [1794], black straightline datestamp with matching "Free" (second manuscript "Free" alongside) on large folded letter to the "Hon. Dwight Foster Esquire, member of Congress, Philadelphia", light wear along left edge, otherwise very fine, the earliest recorded free frank from Hartford, Foster was a representative from Massachusetts (Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3010
Symbol: Cover
Hartford.* A.T 12 [1794], perfect strike of black rimless datestamp on folded lettersheet from Jeremiah Wadsworth to Benjamin Walker in New York City, manuscript "12½" rate, extremely fine and choice, the earliest recorded use of this postmark which predates the listing in the American Stampless Cover Catalogue by 18 years and arguably the finest strike of Hartford's early rimless circular datestamp (Image)
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Closed..Mar-29-2023, 10:20:09 EST
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3011
Symbol: Cover
Hartford. Sept. 6. [1796], bold strike of two-line datestamp on folded letter to Richmond, Virginia, matching straightline "Paid." and manuscript "50" rate, very fine and attractive double rate letter, this postmark was used between 1796 and 1798 (Image)
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Closed..Mar-29-2023, 10:21:51 EST
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3012
Symbol: Cover
Hartford. Sept. 25. [1796], attractive strike of two-line datestamp on folded letter from Jeremiah Wadsworth to Captain Nehemiah Hubbard in Middletown, Connecticut, manuscript "6" rate, very fine, Wadsworth was a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1788 and a United States Representative from 1789 to 1795, Hubbard was a sea captain and veteran of the Revolutionary War who became first president of the Middletown Savings Bank (Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3013
Symbol: Cover
Hartford Dec. 21. [1796], black two-line datestamp on folded letter to Providence, Rhode Island, manuscript "10" rate, forwarded on January 6 with "Providence" straightline postmark to Litchfield, Connecticut via Hartford with additional "12½" rate (for a total 22½c due), endorsed "Postmaster at Hartford is requested to forward this the first opportunity", very fine and early forwarded letter (Image)
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Closed..Mar-29-2023, 10:25:43 EST
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3014
Symbol: Cover
Hartford Feb 3. [1797], black two-line handstamp with matching straightline "Free." on folded letter to New York City, endorsed "free Ez. Williams Jr.", light edge wear, very fine early free frank, Ezekiel Williams, Jr. served as Hartford's postmaster for a brief time in 1794 and again from 1795 until 1803 (Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3015
Symbol: Cover
Hartford At8 [1797], black two-line handstamp on folded letter to Branford, Connecticut, manuscript "Way 9" rating, very fine, this letter was processed by the Hartford post office and collected along the Boston Post Road, 9c paying the 8c postage plus 1c way letter fee, the earliest way letter recorded for Hartford(Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3016
Symbol: Cover
Hartford Mar 14. [1798], black two-line handstamp with two strikes of matching "Paid." on large folded lettersheet to Philadelphia, manuscript "3½oz 238" or $2.38 postage, very fine, apparently used as a wrapper for a bundle of legal papers, the single-sheet rate from Hartford to Philadelphia was 17c and packets were charged by weight at quadruple the single sheet letter rate, therefore the $2.38 postage is equivalent to 3½ ounces times four times 17c, a rare rating (Image)
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Closed..Mar-29-2023, 10:29:00 EST
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3017
Symbol: Cover
Hartford Apr. 6. [1798], black two-line datestamp on folded letter to William Meredith in Philadelphia, matching straightline "Paid" and manuscript "34" rate, very fine strike and cover, ex-Weill(Image)
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Closed..Mar-29-2023, 10:30:22 EST
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3018
Symbol:
Cat No: Collection
Hartford Postal History Group to 1800, small group of folded letters begins with 1778 manuscript cancel, 1782 cover datelined Hartford but with no town mark, three covers with the "Hartford*." rimless postmark all from 1795, and seven covers with two-line Hartford datestamp used from 1796 to 1797, small faults to be expected but generally fine to very fine, a wonderful assortment of these scarce early postmarks, idea for the specialist (Image)
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Closed..Mar-29-2023, 10:31:14 EST
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3019
Symbol: Cover
Hartford.* Jul 17 [1800], rimless black datestamp on folded letter to Taunton, Massachusetts, manuscript "12½" rate, straightline "Boston" transit July 21, fine, unusual with two city handstamps, ex-O'Connor(Image)
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Closed..Mar-29-2023, 10:31:56 EST
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3020
Symbol: Cover
Hartford.* Feb 6 [1815], rimless circular datestamp (manuscript month and day) and matching "12" war rate on printed tax notice to Meriden, Connecticut, very fine, sent just six days into the new war rate (Image)
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Closed..Mar-29-2023, 10:34:15 EST
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3021
Symbol: Cover
Hartford.* Feb 24 [1815], black rimless datestamp (manuscript month and date) on folded letter to New Haven, Connecticut, manuscript "12" war rate, very fine, the letter's writer, Elisha Phelps, went on to serve as a Representative from Connecticut (1819-21, 1825-29) while its recipient, William Bristol, was United States District Attorney for Connecticut (1817 and mayor of New Haven (1827) (Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3022
Symbol: Cover
Hartford.* July 15 [1815], black rimless datestamp (manuscript date) on folded letter to Canandaigua, New York, manuscript "30" war rate, very fine (Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3023
Symbol: Cover
Hartford.* Sep 24 [1815], black rimless datestamp (manuscript date) on folded letter to Bristol, Rhode Island, manuscript "15" war rate, very fine (Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3024
Symbol: Cover
Hartford.* Oct. 21 [1815], rimless circular datestamp (manuscript date) with matching "18¾" war rate on folded letter to Newburyport, Massachusetts, fine and scarce (Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3025
Symbol: Cover
Cat No: Collection
Hartford Rimless Postmark Study 1800-1815, 36 folded letters, very nearly all of which with Hartford's early rimless "Hartford.*" datestamp, couple albino strikes, black straightline "Paid." and "Free", various rates represented, generally fine to very fine strikes, this was one of the most prolific postmarks of early Hartford and therefore this group could form the nice basis for an in-depth study, much of interest to the postal historian (Image)
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Closed..Mar-29-2023, 10:39:09 EST
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3026
Symbol: Cover
Hartford Con. Mar 9 [1816], red datestamp with manuscript "30"war rate on folded letter to Canandaigua, New York, light toning, very fine and attractive (Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3027
Symbol: Cover
Hartford Con. Apr 6 [1816], red ornamental datestamp and manuscript "20" restored rate on folded letter to Canandaigua, New York, filefolds, very fine and attractive, the 1799 rates were restored after the 1815-16 war rate for just 31 days before new rates went into effect May 1, 1816, after that date this latter would have cost only 18½c rather than 20c, ex-Frajola(Image)
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Closed..Mar-29-2023, 10:40:18 EST
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3028
Symbol: Cover
Hartford Con. Apr 26 [1816], red datestamp on folded letter to Ryegate, Vermont, manuscript "34" restored rate, received April 31, very fine and rare double rate letter, the 1799 rates were restored after the 1815-16 war rate for just 31 days before new rates went into effect May 1, 1816, after that date this latter would have cost 37c (double 18½c) rather than 34c (double 17c), ex-Frajola(Image)
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Closed..Mar-29-2023, 10:40:41 EST
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3029
Symbol: Cover
Cat No: Collection
Hartford Postal History 1816-1825 Collection, 25 folded letters with a wide variety of handstamps and markings including various "Free" and "Paid", 1823 use of the pointing hand "Paid", postmaster free franks, double and triple weight covers, 1817 incoming cover to Somers, Connecticut "to be left at Hartford office" (Somers would not have an office until 1821), generally fine to very fine, a wonderful selection with contents from many of the city's prominent early residents, worth a close inspection (Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3030
Symbol: Cover
Cat No: "Hartford
"Hartford, Conn. dec.13.1829.", dateline on folded letter to Siena, Tuscany via Havre, France, endorsed "by the Francis 1st to Havre, to sail Jan'y 1", red boxed "Pays D'Outremer Par Le Havre", very fine, choice early transatlantic cover (Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3031
Symbol: Cover
"Express Mail" [1837], manuscript notation on incoming folded letter to Hartford postmarked "New Orleans La. Dec 21", matching straightline "Paid" and manuscript "150" express mail rate, light toning along filefold, very fine and scarce, express mail postage was triple the normal letter rate, so this double letter (usually 50c) was rated $1.50, Smith & Co. was a well-regarded tanner specializing in saddles and harnesses (Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3032
Symbol: Cover
Cat No: 25c
"Express Mail" [1838], manuscript notation on incoming folded letter postmarked "Cincinnati O Mar 31" with matching "Paid 75" rate, vertical filefold, very fine, carried on the express mail route from Cincinnati to Washington, DC, very fine, this route from Cincinnati is much scarcer than the route which ran from New Orleans, express mail was charged triple the normal (25c) rate (Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3033
Symbol: Cover
Hartford Ct. Jun 27 [1838], red datestamp with matching "Paid" pointing hand and manuscript "25" rate on folded letter to "Dr. Ashbel Smith, Surgeon General of the Texan Army, City of Houston, Texas", endorsed "Care of Smith, Hubbard & Co, New Orleans", black "Sam. Ricker Jr., New Orleans, Agent of the Texian Post Office" oval handstamp and two-line "Steam Packet Columbia", very fine, no Texas postage necessary as army officers had franking privilege, Smith was born in Hartford in 1805, ex-Arnold(Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3034
Symbol: Cover
Cat No: 25c
"Express Mail" [1839], manuscript notation on folded letter to Hartford postmarked "Mobila Ala Mar 30", matching blue "Paid" with manuscript "75" rate, fine, express mail was charged triple the normal (25c) postage (Image)
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Closed..Mar-29-2023, 10:45:32 EST
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3035
Symbol: Cover
Hartford Ct. Mar 24 [1841], red datestamp with matching pointing hand "Paid" on folded letter to Lyon, France, manuscript "12½" rate, red "New-York May 25" transit, carried via Union Line's Charles Carroll, June 25 Havre entry, very fine (Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3036
Symbol: Cover
Cat No: Collection
Hartford 1825-1845 Postal History Collection, approximately 47 folded letters, wide variety of rates and markings, we note (in no particular order) 1836 incoming ship letter from Funchal, 1828 1c drop letter, 1841 Gideon Welles postmaster free frank (later Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy), forwarded mail, 1844 red "Steam" handstamp, and 1845 "Hartford Co." postmark (rather than "Ct."), generally fine to very fine, much of interest for the dedicated researcher, a wonderful and fascinating group that deserves a close inspection (Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3037
Symbol:
Cat No: Collection
Hartford "Steam" and "Steamboat" Markings Group, 11 folded letters from 1826 to 1848 demonstrating a wide variety of different handstamps, generally fine to very fine, an interesting and worthwhile group with several markings not listed in the American Stampless Cover Catalogue, worth a close inspection for the specialist (Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3038
Symbol: Cover
Cat No: 75L5
75L5, Hale & Co., 1844 5c Blue, Address omitted, single cut to shape with magenta "H" precancel of Hartford, on July 15, 1844 folded letter to Hartford from New Orleans, part of blue datestamp visible under stamp and "25" rate alongside, upon arrival in Hartford July 25 the letter was readdressed to New York and the adhesive was added, light toning, fine and scarce (Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3039
Symbol: Cover
Cat No: type F3
Forwarded by Hale & Co. from Boston [1844], red oval (type F3) and black boxed "Collect 6 Cents for Boston Office" (Type C9) on folded letter to Boston dated July 19, 1844, contents datelined Hartford, manuscript "8c" for local delivery in Boston, fine, if this letter actually originated in Hartford and was not carried privately to Boston it is the earliest Hale's cover from Hartford (Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3040
Symbol: Cover
Cat No: 75L5
75L5, Hale & Co., 1844 5c Blue, Address omitted, single cut to shape with magenta "H" precancel of Hartford, on folded letter datelined July 23, 1844 to New York City, very fine and fresh, precedes the earliest previously recorded Hartford cover by two days (Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3041
Symbol: Cover
Cat No: 75L5
75L5, Hale & Co., 1844 5c Blue, Address omitted, die cut, magenta manuscript "H" (Hartford) control mark, on August 1, 1844 folded letter from Hartford to New York City, vertical filefold, very fine, the Hartford control mark is very rate, ex-Gutman(Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3042
Symbol: Cover
Forwarded by Hale & Co. From Middletown. [1844], red oval handstamp (Type F22) on folded letter from Middletown to Hartford, Connecticut dated August 20, 1844, fine, the earliest recorded use of this handstamp (Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3043
Symbol: Cover
Cat No: 75L5
75L5, Hale & Co., 1844 5c Blue, Address omitted, horizontal pair cut to shape at left and right, manuscript "T" control mark and "C" cancel on each, on August 27, 1844 folded letter from Conway, Massachusetts to Hartford, Connecticut, perfect strike of red "Forwarded by Hale & Co. from Northampton" oval (Type F32), manuscript "2" local delivery charge, very fine and rare, the only Hale cover from Conway (15 miles north of Northampton), ex-Gutman(Image)
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Lot No: 3044
Symbol: Cover
Forwarded by Hale & Co. from Hartford. [1844], red oval handstamp (Type F19) and matching boxed "Collect Six Cents for Hale & Co." (Type C4) on September 1844 folded letter to Lowell, Massachusetts, red "Forwarded by Hale & Co. 95 Merrimac St. Lowell" oval (Type F21) applied upon arrival, very fine and attractive, ex-Gutman(Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3045
Symbol: Cover
Cat No: 75L2
75L2, Hale & Co., 1844 5c Red on bluish, full to large margins with portion of adjoining stamp at left, manuscript "X" cancel, on folded letter datelined "Hartford, Con., Sept. 3, 1844", endorsed "Hale's mail paid", light soiling along file folds, very fine, covers from Hartford with Hale's adhesives are rare and Gutman records this as the only 5c Red originating from Hartford, ex-Gutman(Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3046
Symbol: Cover
Forwarded by Hale & Co. from Hartford [1844], red oval (Type F19) on folded letter to Boston dated September 11, 1844, manuscript "Paid", very fine, predates the earliest recorded use of the Hartford "Forwarded" oval by six days (Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3047
Symbol: Cover
Cat No: Type C6
Collect Six Cents for Hale & Co. [1844], red boxed handstamp (Type C6) with manuscript "18¾" and "6" rates on November 5, 1844 folded letter from Liverpool, England to Hartford via New York City, carried via Queen of the West, very fine, a rare Hale cover servicing forwarded transatlantic mail, the 6c represents the ship fee and 18¾ triple inland postage, the absence of postal markings suggests this cover was carried into the United States outside of the regular mails, illustrated in Gutman (page 330), ex-Hall, Puliafito, and Gutman(Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3048
Symbol: Cover
Forwarded by Hale & Co. from Hartford [1844], red oval (Type F19) on folded lettersheet to Springfield, Massachusetts dated December 1, 1844, endorsed "by Livingston & Co. Express" who carried the letter from Philadelphia to New York City where it entered the Hale's system, small faults but still fine and interesting conjunctive use (Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3049
Symbol: Cover
Forwarded by Hale & Co. From Hartford, red oval handstamp on large part folded letter to Boston dated December 23, 1844, additional black boxed "Collect Six Cents for Hale & Co.", separated along filefolds, very fine appearance, ex-Fay(Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 3050
Symbol: Cover
Cat No: 80L1
80L1, Hartford Mail Route, 1844 5c Black on yellow, position 10 (from pane of 12) with manuscript "South" precancel and "Dec 31" cancel, on 1844 folded letter to New York City, endorsed "Hale's Express dec.31 Paid." beneath the stamp, very fine, many Hartford Mail Route covers to New York were carried by Hale's, 2008 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $11,000) (Image)
