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 France to Boston Blockade-Run Mail [1782],, folded letter datelined "Bordeaux 26 Jan 1782", carried aboard an American vessel
which ran the British blockade and entered the mails at Cape Fear, North Carolina, marked "forw'd 10" [d] due for ship fee and postage to Boston via Suffolk, very fine, during this period the British imposed a blockade along the East Coast as both
they and the Americans awaited news of the peace negotiations taking place in Paris as a result of Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown on October 19, 1781 (Image 1)
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SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-27, 10:12 AM |
| 708 |
Cover |
 "Free Eben Hazard" [1784],, free frank from Ebenezer Hazard on folded letter to Norwich, Connecticut, some light wear and toning,
very fine signature, sent while Hazard was Postmaster General of the Confederation CongressEbenezer Hazard was appointed the Postmaster for New York City in 1775. He left that post to become the Surveyor of the Posts in 1776. In 1782, the
Confederation Congress appointed him Postmaster General. George Washington, who had several disputes with Hazard concerning the use of stages to carry the mail and the carriage of newspapers in the mail, refused to appoint Hazard as the first
postmaster general under the Constitution when Washington became president in 1789. (Image 1)
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SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-27, 10:12 AM |
| 709 |
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 "Free Eben Hazard" [1787],, free frank from Ebenezer Hazard on folded lettersheet to Philadelphia, small pieces out including top
right corner and above address, very fine signature, addressed to Matthew Carey, a printer working in Philadelphia, written while Hazard was serving as Postmaster General under the Confederation Congress (Image 1)
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SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-27, 10:13 AM |
| 710 |
Cover |
Dudley Woodbridge, Postmaster of Norwich [1787],, three incoming folded letters to "Dudley Woodbridge, Esq., Merchant", Norwich's first postmaster from 1782 to 1789, postmasters had the authority to send and receive free mail so long as the letters
involved postal business, these concern the sale of wine and an overdue debt with no mention of postal business in any of the three letters, first with "Boston" straightline and "21/MA" Franklin mark and improperly handstamped "Free"; second
originally rated "1.8" [dwt] in Boston but improperly crossed out in either Boston or Norwich and allowed to pass free; third correctly rated "2" [dwt] by Providence post office due to the personal nature of the letter, light wear, very fine and
interesting group demonstrating confusion over what mail qualified for franking privilege
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SOLD for $120.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-27, 10:14 AM |
| 711 |
Cover |
 "State of Georgia, Columbia County, March the 28th, 1791",, dateline on folded letter addressed to "Mecklenburg County, Virginia,
near Delony's Tavern", carried privately out-of-the-mails, some splitting along the folds, very fine (Image 1)
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SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-27, 10:15 AM |
| 712 |
Cover |
 [Fort Vincennes],, folded lettersheet addressed to "Major Hamtramck, Commaning Officer, Fort Vincennes", endorsed "Express" and
carried outside of the mails, aged at right and trivial ink erosion, very fine early use, Jean François Hamtramck was the commanding officer at Fort Vincennes from 1787 to 1792, military express mail was fairly common during the Revolutionary War and
again during the War of 1812 but is rare during peacetime (Image 1)
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SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-27, 10:16 AM |
| 713 |
Cover |
 "Parsonsfield April the 2d 1792",, dateline on folded letter to Boston, manuscript "2" [dwt] rate for a distance of 101-200
miles, very fine, until 1798 when a United States post office opened there Parsonsfield operated as a private subscription post office serviced by post riders paid for by its patrons (Image 1)
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SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-27, 10:18 AM |
| 714 |
Cover |
 "Baltimore October 26 1782",, two-line black handstamp on reverse of folded letter to Philadelphia, rated "2.16" [dwt], fine,
although a faint strike this is an important marking as it is the first American handstamp with an integral year date, recorded in both black and red (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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SOLD for $85.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-27, 10:19 AM |
| 715 |
Cover |
 Baltimore Port of Entry [1786],, incoming folded letter datelined "Surinam 24 Juin 1786", addressed to
Philadelphia, manuscript "2.16" [dwt] rate for 2dwt postage and 16gr ship fee, very fine and scarce early cover from the Dutch colony of Suriname, it is not known why the Baltimore post office did not place any postal markings on this cover, although
based on the 2dwt rate both New York and Boston are excluded as possible ports of entry (Image 1)
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SOLD for $75.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-27, 10:19 AM |
| 716 |
Cover |
 "Baltimore, Oct. 4" [1787],, small straightline postmark on partial folded lettersheet to Providence, Rhode Island, manuscript
"4.16" [dwt] rate, very fine strike and cover (Image 1)
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SOLD for $210.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-27, 10:21 AM |
| 717 |
Cover |
 "Baltimore, Nov 25" [1787],, small straightline postmark on folded letter to Philadelphia, matching "Paid:" handstamp with
manuscript "8" [d] rate paying the postage and standard carrier fee, very fine strike and cover (Image 1)
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SOLD for $220.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-27, 10:22 AM |
| 718 |
Cover |
 "Balt. August 27" [1789],, straightline postmark (Kendall Type 10) on folded letter to New York City, manuscript "2.16" [dwt]
rating and converted into local currency at receiving post office with manuscript "1/4" (1sh 4d), very fine strike and cover (Image 1)
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SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-27, 10:23 AM |
| 719 |
Cover |
 "Baltimore • dec 10" [1789],, straightline postmark on folded letter to Philadelphia, manuscript "4" [dwt] rating at origin,
local currency in Philadelphia expressed as "1/10" (1sh 10d, with postage adjusted per the inflation table plus the standard 2d carrier fee), very fine strike and cover (Image 1)
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SOLD for $240.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-27, 10:24 AM |
| 720 |
Cover |
 "Baltimore.March.29." [1790],, straightline postmark on folded letter to Port Tobacco, Maryland, manuscript "1" [dwt] rate
converted to specie with additional manuscript "15", light file folds, extremely fine strike (Image 1)
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SOLD for $170.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-27, 10:25 AM |
| 721 |
Cover |
 "Baltimore April 23" [1790],, straightline postmark on folded letter to Philadelphia originating in Lisbon,
Portugal, endorsed "p the Asia", turned over to the Baltimore postmaster upon arrival in the US, marked "Sh" to indicate ship carriage and rated "2.16" (2dwt postage for 100-200 miles plus 16gr ship fee), local currency equivalent of "1/4"
(1sh 4d) applied in Philadelphia, very fine, the expected port of arrival for this letter should have been Philadelphia, transient ship letters through Baltimore are scarce (Image 1)
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SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-27, 10:26 AM |
| 722 |
Cover |
 "Baltimore,March.3" [1791],, straightline postmark on folded letter to Philadelphia, manuscript "2" [dwt] rate, upon arrival in
Philadelphia converted to local currency (10d) plus the standard 2d carrier fee for a total of "1/" (1sh), very fine strike and cover (Image
1)
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SOLD for $190.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-27, 10:27 AM |
| 723 |
Cover |
 "Balt. April 18" [1791],, straightline postmark (Kendall Type 14) on folded letter to New York City, manuscript "5.8" [dwt] for
double rate letter, converted into local currency with "2/8" (2sh 8d), very fine strike and cover (Image 1)
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SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-27, 10:28 AM |
| 724 |
Cover |
 "Frederik Town Oct 5" [ca. 1788],, straightline handstamp on partial folded letter to Chester Town, Maryland, matching "Paid"
handstamp and manuscript "6" [d] rate reflecting the 2dwt rate converted to British pounds sterling, cover light wear and toning, very fine strike, according to Siskin one of four recorded uses of this postmark in private hands, the
2dwt rate reflects the 25% reduction in rates in April 1788 (ASCC $2,000) (Image 1)
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SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-27, 10:28 AM |
| 725 |
Cover |
 "April 21 George Town Marland Potomack" [1788],, dateline on folded letter to Philadelphia, manuscript "Post Paid 2.16" [dwt]
reflecting the old, higher rate prior to the rate reduction of April 5, 1788, the Philadelphia postmaster crossed out the ".16" in a different ink leaving the correct rate of 2dwt, some light staining, otherwise fine (Image 1)
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SOLD for $70.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-27, 10:29 AM |
| 726 |
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 "Boston 27/MA" [1785],, red straightline postmark and Franklin mark on folded letter to New York City, originating in
Lisbon, Portugal and carried privately to Boston, not turned over to the Boston postmaster as was required but rather deposited in the general delivery box (therefore not marked "Ship" and not charged a ship fee), rated "6.16" [dwt] for
double-weight and converted to local currency in New York with manuscript "3/4" (3sh 4d), light wear and ink erosion, fine (Image 1)
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SOLD for $75.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-27, 10:29 AM |
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