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Stampless Stories: A Postal History of America continued...

Seven Years' War
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
20 c ImageWorcester Mass., 1746 Order from Commander of Worcester County Militia. Small folded letter from Col. John Chandler at Worcester Mass. to Capt. Nathaniel Green at Leicester with On His Majt. Service” endorsement, dated July 15, 1746, ordering Capt. Green to Impress two able bodied Effective men well armed out of the Company under your Command and send them to myself at Worcester...”, slightly toned, Very Fine, a rare military letter from British colonial militia in America during the Anglo-French War of 1744-46, when the French planned to invade Great Britain and the colonists in America also feared invasion, those fears became a reality ten years later during the French and Indian War, ex Alexander and Hahn (Image)

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E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
21 c ImageFort Augusta, Pennsylvania Frontier, 1758, Edward Shippen to Lt. Col. James Burd. Folded cover endorsed On His Majesties Service” and addressed To James Burd Esqr. Lieutenant Colo. of the 2d Battallion of the Pensylvania Regiment, Fort Augusta”, receipt docketing Edward Shippen, Lancaster, 7th May 1758”, top panels removed, paper affixed to bottom panels, Fine, this cover was sent to Col. Burd a few months before he departed on the July-November 1758 expedition against Fort Duquesne (Image)

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E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $2,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
22   Image1756, Express and Post Rider Warrant. Datelined Sheffield September 12th 1755”, signed and sworn by rider Tim Hopkins, states the Province of Massachusetts Bay due to me the subscriber for riding poste from Sheffield to Northampton by an express from Coll. Pomeroy to Coll. Williams at said Northampton and then from said Northampton to Albany by an express from Coll. Williams to Coll. Pomeroy being 108 miles out three pounds five shilling,” approved and signed by J. Wendell Hubble for the Committee on Dec. 31, 1756 (more than a year later), Very Fine, an outstanding French and Indian War artifact showing the mode and cost of communication between troops in western Massachusetts and New York, ex Hahn (Image)

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E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction
23   Image1758-60, Account of Expenses. Submitted by Lieut. James Campbell, approved and signed by Edward Whitmore, lengthy list of expenses for sundry goods and services from September 1758 to June 1760, Very Fine, interesting military collateral item from the French and Indian War, ex Hahn (Image)

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E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction
24 c ImageEngland to Philadelphia, 1757. NEW/YORK”. Brownish-black two-line handstamp, red manuscript P1N” prepaid 1sh packet rate, manuscript 3dwt” rate (N.Y. to Phila.) on folded cover from England to John Reynell in Philadelphia, 1/3d” due in local currency (3dwt=9p x 1.67 inflation factor=15p, or 1sh3p without carrier fee), 12/FE” (Feb. 12) Bishop’s mark on back, sender’s directive Pr the Pacquet”, receipt docketing From George & Robt. Udny re’d, 5 mon: 14th 1757. Via N York P ye. Packet”, trivial faint stains, otherwise Very Fine, based on the receipt docketing this apparently missed the February 13 sailing of the General Wall and was carried on the March 17 sailing of the Harriot, which arrived in New York on May 11 (Image)

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E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
25 c ImageEngland to Philadelphia, 1758, NEW/YORK”. Clear strike of brownish-black two-line handstamp, red manuscript P1N” prepaid 1sh packet rate, manuscript 3dwt” rate (N.Y. to Phila.) on folded cover from England to John Reynell in Philadelphia, 21/IA” (Jan. 21) Bishop’s mark on back, sender’s directive P Packett”, sender’s instructions if sail’d send it back to John Woodbridge, London”, receipt docketing John Edwin 1758”, slightly toned folds, otherwise Very Fine (Image)

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E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
26 c ImageEngland to Philadelphia, 1759, NEW/YORK”. Bold brownish two-line handstamp, red manuscript P1N” prepaid 1sh packet rate, manuscript 3” dwt rate (N.Y. to Phila.) on folded cover from England to John Reynell in Philadelphia, sender’s directive p the Packett”, 10/FE” (Feb. 14) Bishop’s mark on back, receipt docketing From James Woodbrige for John Edwin, Receiv’d 4 mon 2nd 1759 p Packett”, instructions on back If sail’d send back to John Edwin, Freeman’s Lane, Southwark”, trivial toning and wear along file fold, still Very Fine, carried on the February 18 sailing of the Earl of Halifax, which arrived in New York on March 28 (Image)

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E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction
27 c ImageEngland to Philadelphia, 1760, NEW/YORK”. Bold brownish two-line handstamp, red manuscript P1N” prepaid 1sh packet rate, manuscript 5.8 dwt” rate (N.Y. to Portsmouth) on folded cover from England to Davenport & Wentworth in Portsmouth N.H., sender’s directive p. Pacquet 23 Aug. 60”, 23/AV” (Aug. 23) Bishop’s mark on back, Very Fine, there is no sailing listed for August 23, 1760, but there is a sailing of the Earl of Halifax on September 6 (Image)

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E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction
28 c ImageEngland to Philadelphia, 1759, NEW/YORK”. Two-line handstamp clearly struck in brownish-black on folded cover addressed to the secretary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts in London, England, manuscript 1N” 1sh packet rate, 18/MA” (May 18) Bishop’s mark on back, docketing indicates 1759 mailing date, slightly toned along vertical file fold, otherwise Very Fine, ex Hollowbush and Hahn (Image)

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E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction
29 c Image1774, Reading Pa. to London, England, via Philadelphia and Falmouth-New York Packet. Folded cover docketed with March 26, 1774, origin date from Rev. Murray at Reading Pa., addressed to the secretary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts in London, England, lightly inked but clearly struck red PHILA/DELPHIA” two-line handstamp and matching 5/AP” (Apr. 5) Franklin mark on back, mostly clear strike of black NEW-YORK” straightline handstamp and blurry Franklin mark (probably dated Apr. 6), red manuscript To pay 6d” for inland postage, 28/MA” (May 28) brownish-black London Bishop’s mark applied on arrival, mostly readable strike of IND. AND PACT./POSTAGE” two-line handstamp and manuscript 1N6” (1sh6p) rate, manuscript postage calculation on back 2.1.8 [+] 1.6 [=] 2.3.2

VERY FINE. AN ATTRACTIVE FALMOUTH-NEW YORK PACKET COVER WITH THE EXTREMELY RARE INLAND AND PACKET POSTAGE” HANDSTAMP APPLIED AT NEW YORK TO INDICATE THE LETTER WAS FULLY UNPAID.

This was carried on the Mercury (see photo on page 26), which departed New York on April 6 and arrived in Falmouth on May 20, 1774. Although the packet charge was supposed to be prepaid, this regulation was not always followed. Letters sent from the Colonies without prepayment were marked with various forms of the Inland and Packet Postage” handstamp, usually at New York. The marking is rare.

Ex Hahn (Image)

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E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $4,750.00
Will close during Public Auction

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