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United States and Confederate States Postal History continued...

Forwarders
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
498 c ImageFORWARDED BY/HARNDEN & CO./No.20 WATER ST/LIVERPOOL. Bold strike in blue of large oval with steamship illustration on folded cover to New York, sender's directive "Pr Halifax Steamer of the 4th April 1844" with 25c rate, Harnden's label "Postage Paid to Boston..." at top right, some overall wear, Fine, an extremely rare example of the Liverpool office handstamp in blue and the Harnden label (Image)

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 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction
499 c ImageHarnden & Co., Boston. Red oval handstamp used in conjunction with clearly struck Willmer & Smith's Liverpool office handstamp on Dec. 1842 folded letter to Rome, Italy, transits of Liverpool, Calais and Rome, addressed in care of Freeborn Jones & Co. with note on back regarding postage charges claimed by them, Very Fine use with conjunctive forwarders' markings (Image)

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 E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction
500 c ImageHarnden & Co. 30 covers or fronts with various Harnden's markings, including 1845 "Paid to Boston by Harnden & Co. Liverpool" in shield, few oval Liverpool forwarder's markings with steamship illustration, several other interesting markings or uses, some faults, overall Fine-Very Fine and fascinating group (Image)

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 E. $ 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction
501 c ImageU.S. Naval Lyceum. Partial bold strike on 1847 folded letter datelined "New Orleans 18 Septembre 1847" to "Mr. S.L. Martel, on board the U.S. Ship Dale, Pacific Squadron, via New York", blue "New Orleans La. Sep. 21" circular datestamp and large "10" rate handstamp, horizontal file fold, some reinforcing along splits, still Very Fine and scarce, this oval handstamp depicting a full-rigged ship was applied to mail forwarded to naval personnel from the the U.S. Naval Lyceum in Brooklyn, at this time the Dale, commissioned in 1839, was involved in the Mexican-American War, she arrived in San Jose del Cabo on Sept. 19, 1847, with the USS Congress and was assigned the duty of preventing traffic between Guyamas and Mulege, she captured the latter town in early November 1847 (Image)

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 E. $ 300-400

CLOSED
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502 c ImageForwarded by C. & W. D. Seymour & Co Queenstown, United States Consulate. Gray label tied by "New York Ship Letter 5 Jun. 26" integral-rate circular datestamp on 1861 folded cover to Baltimore, sender's directive "per Screw Steamer Via Queenstown" at top left, docketing indicates Belfast origin, vertical file fold ties label, Very Fine and scarce use (Image)

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 E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
503 c ImageSHIPS LETTER FROM U.S.S. WASP. Clear strike of blue handstamp on 1873 cover to Terre Haute Ind., entered mails with "N.Y. Steam Ship 10 Oct. 21" circular datestamp with date inverted, reduced at right with edge faults, Very Fine strike of this scarce name-of-ship handstamp, the USS Wasp served the U.S. Navy from 1865-76, after 1870 she operated out of Montevideo, Uruguay (Image)

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 E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $150.00
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504 c Forwarders' Markings. 31 folded letters or covers having something to do with forwarders, including 1825 folded cover to London with "New-York Forwarded by Leroy Bayard" boxed backstamp, 1844 folded letter from Mobile Ala. to New York and forwarded to London with red Goodhue & Co. forwarder's handstamp, 1837 folded letter from Boston to London with red "Forwarded by Josiah Dow & Co." backstamp, 1842 folded letter from St. John's Puerto Rico to New Canaan Conn. and forwarded to Peekskill N.Y. (privately carried) with "Forwarded by M.G. Gonzalez & Co., St. Johns Porto Rico" oval forwarder's marking, "Commercial Rooms" straightline, some have a tenuous relation to forwarding including ship letter markings, some wear and faults, still a useful group for the student who is interested in unusual routings

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 E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction

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