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U.S. and C.C.A. Postal History and Hawaii continued...

Colonial Period continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
1023 c Image1770, Falmouth-Charleston Packet, "CHARLES/TOWN". Brownish-black two-line handstamp on backflap of large part of folded letter to Langston & Dixon in London, sender's ship-name directive "P Sandwich Paquet, Capt. Nottingham, W.G.P. [Whom God Protects]", carried on the Earl of Sandwich (Richard Nottingham, captain), which departed Charleston on July 21, 1770, and arrived in Falmouth on September 8, manuscript "2N" rate including packet charge, "12/SE" London Bishop's mark, worn file fold, part of back panels intact, one with docketing indicating Jul. 16, 1770 origin date from the Smyths in Charleston, Fine and exhibitable, very rare Falmouth-Charleston packet cover, the large two-line "CHARLES/TOWN" is one of the early Colonial handstamped markings, ex Arnell (Image)

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 E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $5,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
1024 c Image1771, Pensacola, West Florida, to Madeira via Dover, England. Folded letter datelined "Pensacola 21st. June 1771" from James Bruce (British collector of customs in Pensacola) to wine merchant Thomas Gordon in Madeira, sender's directive "P favr. of Captn. Waugh Q.D.C.", bold "DOVER/SHIP LRE" two-line handstamp, "17/AU" (Aug. 17) Bishop's mark on back, manuscript rate crossed out and re-rated "Inall 2/7", letter mentions receipt of a box of vines and "Pipe of Wine", writer mentions that his wife "sees nothing but sand and mosquitos" in Pensacola and also mentions a number of British military officers, couple small internal erosions, Very Fine, rare transatlantic letter from the Crown's colonial collector of customs in Pensacola to one of the leading wine merchants of the 18th century, Pensacola served as the capital of Britain's West Florida territory from 1763 until 1781, there was a June 24 packet sailing from Pensacola to Charleston (the Diligence, Capt. Arthur Clark), but this was apparently sent by another vessel and route (Image)

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 E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $5,500.00
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1025 c Image1772, Trenton N.J. to London, England, via Philadelphia and Falmouth-New York Packet. Folded letter datelined "Trenton 15 Jny 1772" from William Thomson to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts in London, faint red "PHILA/DELPHIA" and black "NEW/YORK" two-line handstamps on back, carried on the Falmouth-New York packet Earl of Halifax, which departed New York on February 9, 1772, and arrived in Falmouth on March 5, red manuscript "2" (dwt) for inland postage, "31 IA" (Jan. 31) and "6 FE" Franklin marks applied in the Colonies, mostly readable strike of "IND. AND PACT./POSTAGE" two-line handstamp and manuscript "1N6" (1sh6p) rate, "9/MR" (Mar. 9) London Bishop's mark, letter mentions Princeton College, "I lately paid a visit to a small village in this province called Princetown. In this town there is a large Presbyterian College in which here is at present near one hundred boys, where I found are members of the Church of England...", intact wax seal, considerably age toned and brittle along folds, deserving of expert conservation as this is an extremely rare transatlantic letter with two different post office markings and the rare "Inland and Packet Postage" handstamp, ex Meroni (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $1,700.00
Will close during Public Auction
1026 c Image1772, Galway, Ireland, to Albany N.Y. via Philadelphia and New York. Lengthy folded letter datelined "Galway the 12th Septemr. 1772" from Garret Fisher to prominent New Yorker Rutger Bleecker in Albany, carried by ship to Philadelphia, part strikes of red "PHILA/DELPHIA" and black "NEW/YORK" two-line handstamps on back, two Franklin marks (one dated Dec. 22), red manuscript "Sh 2.16" rate (2dwt postage and 16gr ship fee), to which "NY 2.16 = 5.8" has been added for postage to Albany, re-stated "2/4" (2sh4p) in local currency, worn filed fold, some splits along folds, still Fine, ex Siskin (Image)

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 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $550.00
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1027 c Image1772, Falmouth-New York Packet, "NEW/YORK". Mostly clear two-line handstamp on folded letter datelined "Galway the 10th Octobr. 1772" from Garret Fisher in Ireland to prominent New Yorker Rutger Bleecker in Albany, large Dublin "OC/21" Bishop's mark on back, London "OC/28" Bishop's mark, manuscript "6" crossed out and re-rated "Inall 1N6" for shilling packet rate and 6p internal postage, "28 DE" Franklin mark applied at New York, red manuscript "8.16" (8dwt 16gr) due, Very Fine, an attractive and scarce Falmouth-New York packet letter originating in Ireland, carried on the Lord Hyde, ex Arnell (Image)

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 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $550.00
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1028 c Image1774, Bristol, England, to Newport R.I., "PHILA/DELPHIA." Large red two-line handstamp and matching "20 SE" Franklin mark on back of folded letter datelined "Bristol 24th May 1774" from William Mills to Samuel and William Vernon in Newport R.I., notation "Copy - Original p New York Packet", sender's ship-name directive "P Centurion via Philadelphia", letter concerns the sale of rum, carried by ship to Philadelphia, red manuscript "Sh 4.16" rate (4dwt postage and 16gr ship fee), small stain spot, Very Fine, attractively addressed and postmarked Colonial ship letter, ex Arnell (Image)

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 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $1,700.00
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1029 c Image1766, "Philada. 58:16" and "7-1/4 oz.". Manuscript postmark with 58dwt 16gr rate (29 x 2 dwt rate from Philadelphia to New York, plus 16gr ship fee) on folded cover with intact wax seals (coat of arms and "Dominus Lux Nos Est") addressed in perfectly readable calligraphy, "To His Excellency, The Honle. Thomas Gage Esqr. Major General & Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces in North America & & New York" with "On his Majesty's Service" endorsement, brownish "28 FE" Franklin mark on back, receipt docketing "John Stuart Esqr., Charles Town 21st Jany. 1766 Recd. Feby 28th - Answd", minor tears at upper left, opened at sides, lightly soiled

VERY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING COLONIAL SHIP LETTER FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, TO BRITISH COMMANDING GENERAL THOMAS GAGE IN NEW YORK CITY VIA PHILADELPHIA.

The sender of this cover, Colonel John Stuart, was the King's superintendent for the southern district of the British Indian Department from 1761 to 1779. His home in Charleston, built in 1772, still stands as a National Historic Landmark. This correspondence is addressed to British General Thomas Gage, who served from 1763 to 1775 as commander-in-chief of the British forces in North America, overseeing the British response to the 1763 Pontiac's Rebellion. (Image)

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 E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $4,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
1030   ImageEbenezer Hazard. Signature on receipt for payment from Roger Sherman, datelined "New York Nov. 8th 177(1)", affixed to backing, hole and tape mark at left, still Fine, Hazard established a publishing business in N.Y. in 1770, he became Postmaster General under the Continental Congress in 1782 (Image)

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 E. $ 150-200

SOLD for $200.00
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1031 c ImageBenjamin Lincoln. Major-General in the Continental Army, accepted Cornwallis's sword at Yorktown (Oct. 1781), free frank "B. Lincoln" as the first United States Secretary of War, endorsed "Public Service" at top of folded cover addressed to "Brigadier General McIntosh" in Savannah Ga., "FREE" straightline handstamp, docketed "Gen. Lincoln, 6 Nov. 1783" at right, cover silked with some tears along folds, minor stain, Very Fine free frank, the addressee, Lachlan McIntosh, was a Revolutionary War political and military leader, in 1777 he shot dead Declaration of Independence signer Button Gwinnett in a duel (Image)

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 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $4,250.00
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1032 c Image1775, New York to London via Dover. Folded letter datelined "New York the 18th May 1775" with copy of letter dated May 16 from Curson & Seton to Alexander Gordon at the Jamaica Coffee House in London, sent by private ship to Dover, "DOVER/SHIP LRE" two-line handstamp and "26/IV" (Jun. 26) Bishop's mark, manuscript "7" rate, the letter reads in part "from the general expectation that our Continental Congress now setting to stop all exportation from the colonies, [vessels] are very scarce from the great exportation going forward to all parts of the world just now", Very Fine, a desirable ship letter from the early stage of the war with content related to the blockade of maritime vessels, ex Arnell (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $1,800.00
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1033 c ImageN. YORK JUN. 17. Red straightline datestamp on back of folded letter datelined "Ballymoney 4th April 1775" from James Caldwell in Ireland to Andrew Caldwell in Philadelphia, sender's routing "Via Dublin", manuscript "Sh 8d" ship letter rate (6p plus 2p ship fee), re-rated in Philadelphia with red "1/4" due in local currency (2dwt16gr=8p x 1.67 inflation factor=14p plus 2p carrier fee, or 1sh4p), some toning and splits along folds, otherwise Very Fine, sent from Ireland just two weeks before the first military engagement of the war was waged at Lexington and Concord, this letter arrived by ship in New York on the cusp of the transitional Revolutionary War period, ex Arnell (Image)

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 E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $2,200.00
Will close during Public Auction

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