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3023 Cover imageHartford.* Sep 24 [1815], black rimless datestamp (manuscript date) on folded letter to Bristol, Rhode Island, manuscript "15" war rate, very fine (Image 1)



SOLD for $70.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 10:37 AM
3024 Cover imageHartford.* Oct. 21 [1815], rimless circular datestamp (manuscript date) with matching "18¾" war rate on folded letter to Newburyport, Massachusetts, fine and scarce (Image 1)



SOLD for $60.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 10:38 AM
3025 Cover imageHartford 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 1)

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SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 10:39 AM
3026 Cover imageHartford 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 1)



SOLD for $90.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 10:39 AM
3027 Cover imageHartford 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 1)



SOLD for $230.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 10:40 AM
3028 Cover imageHartford 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 1)



SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 10:40 AM
3029 Cover imageHartford 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 1)

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SOLD for $210.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 10:41 AM
3030 Cover image"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 1)

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SOLD for $75.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 10:41 AM
3031 Cover image"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 1)



SOLD for $75.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 10:42 AM
3032 Cover image"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 1)

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SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 10:43 AM
3033 Cover imageHartford 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 1)



SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 10:44 AM
3034 Cover image"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 1)

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SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 10:45 AM
3035 Cover imageHartford 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 1)



SOLD for $50.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 10:46 AM
3036 Cover imageHartford 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 1)

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SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 10:47 AM
3037 imageHartford "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 1)

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SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-30, 11:59 AM
3038 Cover image75L5, 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 1)

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SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 10:48 AM
3039 Cover imageForwarded 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 1)

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SOLD for $35.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 10:49 AM
3040 Cover image75L5, 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 1)

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SOLD for $230.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 10:50 AM
3041 Cover image75L5, 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 1)

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SOLD for $140.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 10:52 AM
3042 Cover imageForwarded 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 1)



SOLD for $20.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 10:52 AM

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