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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 4001
Symbol: Cover
Cat No: Mail Route
Mail Route, arced handstamp of Providence, Rhode Island, mostly albino but a trace of ink, on folded letter from New Orleans dated December 1, 1827, endorsed "Brig William", manuscript "12½" rate for 100 miles from New Orleans to Balize plus 19 miles from Wickford to Providence, very fine, just 10 examples of this handstamp recorded(Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 4002
Symbol: Cover
Cat No: Mail Route
Mail Route, red arced handstamp of New York on 1827 partial folded letter from New Orleans to Providence, Rhode Island, endorsed "p Douglas", no New York datestamp, rated "18¾" (150 to 400 miles) for distance from New Orleans to Balize plus New York to Providence, very fine and attractive, one of just 11 examples of this handstamp, ex-Koppersmith(Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 4003
Symbol: Cover
Cat No: Mail Route
Mail Route, red arced handstamp of New York on folded letter datelined "New Orleans 29 April 1827", endorsed "Ship Francis", May 16 New York datestamp then to Boston, rated "18¾" (150 to 400 miles) for distance from New Orleans to Balize plus New York to Boston, very fine and attractive, one of just 11 examples of this handstamp, ex-Koppersmith(Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 4004
Symbol: Cover
Cat No: Mail Route
Mail Route, red arced handstamp of New York on folded lettersheet from New Orleans dated May 31, 1827, endorsed "Ship Tennessee", July 5 New York datestamp then to Boston, rated "56¼" triple rate (150 to 400 miles) for distance from New Orleans to Balize plus New York to Boston, very fine and attractive, one of just 11 examples of this handstamp, ex-Koppersmith(Image)
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Closed..Mar-29-2023, 13:35:32 EST
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 4005
Symbol: Cover
Cat No: Mail Route
Mail Route, red arced handstamp of New York on folded letter datelined "New Orleans, June 19, 1829", carried by the Brig Horace arriving July 8, endorsed "consignee" and with manuscript "F" (free) as authorized for a letter regarding the cargo, very fine, the latest known of just 11 examples of this handstamp, ex-Skinner and Koppersmith(Image)
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United States Postal History - California Postal H
Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 4006
Symbol: Cover
San Francisco Cal. Nov 29, black datestamp with matching boxed "40" rate handstamp on 1849 cover to Warren, Rhode Island, torn backflap, very fine appearance, boxed handstamps were only used in San Francisco from October 1849 to February 1850 (Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 4007
Symbol: Cover
San Francisco 40 15 Jan, red integral rate handstamp on 1851 folded letter to Capt. Henry W. Fletcher in South Boston, Massachusetts, very fine, letter with interesting contents from a new arrival to California, begins "Sir, have been here 3 or 4 days but made no sales, and coal is not worth anything, and everything else is full do not know hardly what to do if I stay stay here more than 15 days", mentions the arrival of the Oak Leaf which was lost at sea off Cabo San Lucas October 28, 1851 (Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 4008
Symbol: Cover
San Francisco Cal. 18 Aug, red datestamp with black "Ship 6" in shell handstamp on incoming folded letter datelined "Sydney, 31st March, 1851", endorsed "Robert Bowne" which according to newspaper records traveled via Honolulu and arrived August 17, very fine, one of two recorded covers with a red datestamp and black "Ship 6", ex-SalzerThis cover was described and illustrated in a Western Express article by Dr. W. Scott Polland in July of 1968 (the cover was owned by Oscar Salzer at the time). Polland had previously written a more detailed article in the same publication about this fancy "Ship 6" cancellation (January 1968), which at the time was known as the "Clipper Ship cancellation". It was struck in red from about June 1850 to July 1851, after which point it is recorded in black until the last known use in July 1860. (Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 4009
Symbol: Cover
San Francisco Cal 16 Apr, red datestamp with matching straightline "Paid" and "6" rate on 1852 folded letter to New York City, very fine, this marking is scarcer in red (Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 4010
Symbol: Cover
San Francisco Cal May 20, black datestamp with matching straightline "Paid" and separate "3" rate on ca. 1852 folded lettersheet to Captain John Walsh in Benicia, California, very fine, Captain John Walsh was born on Prince Edward Island in 1797. He commanded the John Gilpin, which sailed regular packet service between Valparaiso, Chile and Canton, China before retiring to Benicia in 1849. His residence, which currently serves as a bed and breakfast, was one of three identical prefabricated homes shipped around Cape Horn from Boston. (Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 4011
Symbol: Cover
San Francisco Cal. 1 Mar, black datestamp with matching separate straightline "Paid" and "26" handstamps on 1853 folded letter to Cognac, France, endorsed "By Steamer, via Panama", carried on PMSS's Oregon to Panama, red "New York Am. Packet Apr 2" exchange datestamp and carried on Collins Line Baltic to Liverpool arriving April 14 (British backstamp), Calais entry the next day and matching "8" decimes due, backstamped Paris and Cognac, very fine, 26c paid the treaty rate via England plus 5c West Coast surcharge (Image)
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Closed..Mar-29-2023, 13:40:08 EST
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 4012
Symbol: Cover
Cat No: 9, 11A
San Francisco Cal. 16 Apr, black datestamps tie 1851 1c Blue, Type IV (9, position 26L1L) and pair of 1851 3c Dull red, Type II (11A, positions 22-23L1L) to 3c Red Nesbitt entire addressed to Lee, New Hampshire, small backflap faults, fine and attractive franking (Image)
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Closed..Mar-29-2023, 13:41:00 EST
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 4013
Symbol: Cover
San Francisco Cal Paid 6 16 Feb, red datestamp on ca. 1854 cover to George T. Allen in Oyster Bay, New York, very fine, Allen's brother William moved to San Francisco in 1849 and is presumably the sender of this cover (Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 4014
Symbol: Cover
Cat No: 1941
San Francisco Cal 16 Nov, black datestamp with matching boxed "30" handstamp on 1854 folded letter to William George Stewart in New York City, indicating triple the 10c unpaid cross-country rate, very fine, the latest known use of this handstamp, ex-JessupThis cover is accompanied by an article written by Harry M. Konwiser in Stamps magazine (1941) illustrating and describing the unusual use of this handstamp at such a late date. Typically the boxed "30" of San Francisco was used on incoming steamship mail through 1851 to pay the Panama rate to California. Additionally the article describes this cover's origin from the "Stewart Find", which consisted of hundreds of stampless covers from the 1840s and 1850s to and from William George Stewart, who served as the Mexican Vice-Consul in New York from 1848 to 1852. (Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 4015
Symbol: Cover
Cat No: 11, 24
San Francisco Cal Jan 5 1860, black datestamps tie 1857 1c Blue, Type V (24, natural straightedge at top and left) and strip of three 1851 3c Dull red, Type I (11) to cover to Augustus S. Farwell in Wells River, Vermont, cover small nick at bottom, very fine appearance, an attractive and rare mixed-issue franking, Farwell served as Wells River's postmaster in the late 1850s (Image)
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Closed..Mar-29-2023, 13:42:33 EST
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 4016
Symbol: Cover
San Francisco Cal May 4 1862, black double circle datestamp and arced "Ship 5" due handstamp on incoming cover from Hong Kong, endorsed "per Victor", very fine, the port of entry fee in San Francisco was reduced from 6c to 5c in early 1852When the Victor arrived in San Francisco on May 5 after 58 days at sea, it carried 240 passengers from China in addition to 11 shipwrecked Japanese passengers rescued at sea. (Image)
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Closed..Mar-29-2023, 13:42:57 EST
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 4017
Symbol: Cover
Cat No: 65, 68
San Francisco Cal Dec 6 1865, double circle datestamp on folded letter to Chiavari, Italy, franked with 1861 3c Rose and four 10c Green (65, 68) with black cogwheels, red "New York Paid 24 Jan 6" exchange datestamp, January 20 Calais entry and boxed "PD", backstamped Genoa and Chiavari, light wear, very fine and scarce cover, 43c postage overpays by 1c double the 21c French Mail rate (Image)
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Closed..Mar-29-2023, 13:43:42 EST
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 4018
Symbol: Cover
Cat No: 65
San Francisco Cal Oct 10, black double circle datestamps and matching cogwheels tie three 1861 3c Rose (65) to ca. 1866 cover to Townsend, Massachusetts, blue italic "Steamer" handstamp, cover light edge wear, fine and attractive, a scarce triple rate cover, Walter Fessenden was a cooper by trade who served as Townsend's postmaster from 1846 to 1849 and a member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1861 (Image)
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Sale No: 3064
Lot No: 4019
Symbol: Cover
Cat No: 73
San Francisco Cal Feb 18, double circle datestamp with matching cogwheels tying pair of 1863 2c Black (73) to cover to Chesterfield, Massachusetts, cornercard for Dr. J.P. Bryant with partial enclosure on matching letterhead, slightly reduced at left, very fine, a 1c overpayment, Dr. Bryant was a Spiritualist and, according to one contemporary, a "renowned healer by the imposition of hands" (Image)
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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)
