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United States, Possessions and Confederate States Stamps and Postal History continued...

Revolutionary War continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
2018 c Image(Philadelphia to Baltimore, 1779) "8" dwt 1779 Inflation Rate. Folded letter in French datelined Philadelphia, Oct. 26, 1779, to Baltimore with manuscript "8" dwt rate (1775 rates plus 50%, then doubled), Very Fine, scarce inflation rate per the Act of April 16, 1779 (Image)

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 E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
2019 c Image(Philadelphia to Boston, 1779) "12" dwt 1779 Inflation Rate. Folded letter datelined Philadelphia, Oct. 12, 1779, to Boston with manuscript "12" dwt rate (1775 rates plus 50%, then doubled), Very Fine, scarce inflation rate per the Act of April 16, 1779 (Image)

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 E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $3,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
2020 c Image(Revolutionary War -- British Privateers) "Philada. 19 Febr. 1779". Dateline on folded letter to William Vernon in Boston, directed to the "Admiralty" board but corrected to "Marine" board, sender's directive on back "Mr. Hastings will be pleased to forward this immediately", manuscript "12" dwt 1777 inflation rate, interesting letter concerning the capture of the brig Pitt by British privateers, slight wear and soiling along folds, otherwise Very Fine, scarce naval-related letter during the Revolutionary War (Image)

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 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction
2021 c Image(Revolutionary War -- British Occupation of New York) "Brooklyn 22d April 1779". Dateline on folded letter from Richard William Parkin to Seth Norton, Commissary Forage, Oyster Bay (Long Island), endorsed "On His Majesty's Service", letter orders Norton to take charge of the provisions at Oyster Bay and continue to issue forage and provisions, Very Fine, extremely scarce British military letter carried by express from occupied Brooklyn to Oyster Bay on Long Island, discussed in an article by Calvet M. Hahn in CCP March-April 1991 (Image)

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 E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $3,250.00
Will close during Public Auction
2022 c ImageGeorgia to Scotland via British-Occupied New York, 1779. "Mount Pleasant Georgia Jan. 18th 79" dateline on folded letter from Charles Campbell to his father, Patrick Campell, in Inverary, Scotland, manuscript "1N" packet rate crossed out, re-rated with handstamped "In all" and ms. "1N6" (1sh6p) rate, "26/FE" London Bishop's mark on back, interesting one-page content mentions 71st Regiment (Fraser's Highlanders), also refers to the "fall" of Charles Cameron of the Light Company, Very Fine, a rare transatlantic letter from a British soldier in Georgia to Scotland (presumably via New York), this was carried through the American reverse blockade (Image)

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 E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
2023 c ImageLondon to British-Occupied New York, 1780. Two folded letters from John Thornton in London to Thomas Mackaness, a British Loyalist, in New York City during the British occupation, one dated Feb. 12, 1780 with "15/FE" Bishop's mark, other dated Nov. 16, 1780, without handstamp, both have manuscript "1N" British packet charge, contents a mix of religion and business, one mentions a "running ship" (through American reverse blockade) and the possibility that Rev. John Lewis of Charles Towen (S.C.) was executed for treason against the Crown, faint stains or toning along folds, still Very Fine, accompanied by three later letters from Mackaness's wife to him in England after his return from America (Image)

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 E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction

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