H.R. Harmer GPN, Inc. Sale: 3069
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Lot No:1001 Symbol: Amesbury, Massachusetts, 12 covers including Amesbury 1826 manuscript (earliest recorded), 1833 dotted double circle datestamp in black (unreported), perfect strike of 1834 dotted double circle datestamp in red, 1835 blue green and 1837 orange postmarks, and July 5, 1845 cover from the first week of the new rate; West Amesbury 1833 and 1844 manuscripts (1833 earliest recorded), generally fine to very fine, an attractive group all mounted on exhibit pages (Image) CV.
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Lot No:1002 Symbol: Andover [1803], manuscript postmark with "8" rate on April 15, 1803 folded letter to Marblehead, light wear, very fine appearance, the earliest recorded postmark from Andover (Image) CV.
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Lot No:1006 Symbol: Andover, Massachusetts, 13 covers including Andover "Andr. Ms." datestamp in black (1817), red (1818/31), and brown (1821), 1837 "Andr. Ms." datestamp with fleuron, 1842 orange datestamp, 1845 and 1847 datestamps with numeral "5" and "10"; North Andover 1826 and 1829 manuscript postmarks, 1836 "No. Andover" datestamp, 1838 "North Andover" datestamp; and ca. 1849 Ballardvale blue datestamp (earliest recorded), generally fine to very fine (Image) CV.
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Lot No:1009 Symbol: Beverly July 27 [1795], manuscript postmark with matching "Sh 10" rate on June 25, 1795 folded letter from Aux Cayes, Haiti to Newburyport, Massachusetts, endorsed "pr Cap't Kinsman Via Salem", very fine, the earliest recorded ship marking from Beverly (Image) CV.
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Lot No:1013 Symbol: Beverly, Massachusetts, five items including Beverly 1831 manuscript postmaster's free frank, 1845 red datestamp, 1848 blue datestamp with unreported "5", and 1850 blue datestamp with "V", plus Beverly Farms 1848 manuscript postmark (earliest known postmark), generally fine to very fine (Image) CV.
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Lot No:1014 Symbol: Bradford Ms. Jul 5 [ca. 1849], red datestamp ties 1847 5c Red brown (1, margins full to grazing at top) to ladies cover to Vassalboro, Maine, matching "5" rate handstamp alongside, stamp also tied by pen stroke, small tear at top with adhesive tape residue, otherwise very fine, the only recorded cover from Bradford with an 1847 5c (USPCS Census #4060) (Image) CV.
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Lot No:1015 Symbol: Bradford, Massachusetts, 11 covers including Bradford 1822 manuscript, 1829 black datestamp (earliest known use) with unreported straightline "Paid",1838 manuscript postmaster free frank, 1843 red datestamp with "West" obliterated, 1845 red datestamp with unreported straightline "Paid", 1848 red datestamp with unreported numeral "10"; West Bradford 1823 manuscript, 1839 blue datestamp, and 1843 red datestamp; and East Bradford 1844 manuscript forwarding marking and 1850 manuscript postmark, generally fine to very fine and accompanied by detailed exhibit pages (Image) CV.
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Lot No:1016 Symbol: Byfield, Massachusetts, 17 covers ranging from 1827 to 1887, eight manuscripts including the earliest recorded Byfield postmark (1827), 1851 datestamp with unreported "5" in circle, several 1851/57 3c Issue covers, and 1886/87 South Byfield cover and card, fine to very fine, all neatly written up on exhibit pages (Image) CV.
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Lot No:1018 Symbol: Cat No:Danvers Danvers, Massachusetts, 14 covers including Danvers 1844 red datestamp (2), 1845 red datestamp, ca. 1846 blue datestamp with small "2" circular rate handstamp, 1847/48 red and blue datestamps with large "5" rate handstamp; North Danvers 1838 manuscript postmark, 1840/48 blue datestamps with "5" and "10" numeral handstamps; New Mills 1847 manuscript postmark (earliest known); and Tapleyville 1851 red datestamps, one with "Paid" in oval and "5" and one with numeral "10" handstamps, generally fine to very fine, an interesting group (Image) CV.
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Lot No:1020 Symbol: Gloucester, Massachusetts, 15 covers from East Gloucester and West Gloucester, Massachusetts, ranging from the late 1850s through the Bank Note era, wide variety of markings, generally fine to very fine, all neatly written up on exhibit pages (Image) CV.
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Lot No:1021 Symbol: Hamilton Mass March 16 [1851], manuscript postmark with "Paid 40" rate on cover to San Francisco, California, endorsed "Ship Argonaut", overall aging and staining at right, a rare early small-town letter to California (Image) CV.
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Lot No:1025 Symbol: Haverhill, Ms. March 24 [1820], black two-line handstamp on folded letter to Woodstock, Vermont, manuscript "18¾" rate corrected to "12½" as Woodstock was less than 150 miles from Haverhill, extremely fine and attractive, this is the only recorded example of this handstamp, ex-Thompson (Image) CV.
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