united states postal history - Stamp Auctions
 Lot 1510 - united states postal history u.s. postal history - H. R. Harmer Inc July 2023 General Postal History16 covers from the 1880s/1900s, mostly with New York registry exchange labels, wide variety of Banknote frankings with values to the 15c, also note 1893 cover to Netherlands with pair of 3c Columbians, 1901 cover to Germany with 5c and 8c Pan-Americans, and 1908 cover to Ireland with 10c Special delivery, generally fine to very fine, an interesting and scarce group, several ex-Brown H. R. Harmer Inc July 2023 General Postal Historyunited states postal history u.s. postal history |
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 Lot 1481 - united states postal history u.s. postal history - H. R. Harmer Inc July 2023 General Postal Historyred framed handstamp on October 23, 1858 folded letter from San Francisco to Cognac, France, endorsed "pr Steamer Asia", November 24 New York debit, very fine H. R. Harmer Inc July 2023 General Postal Historyunited states postal history u.s. postal history |
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Lot 1503 - united states postal history u.s. postal history - H. R. Harmer Inc July 2023 General Postal Historyapproximately 59 covers mounted on exhibit pages covering a wide variety of lines and vessels, including Red Swallowtail, Red Star, Black Ball, Dramatic, Blue Swallowtail, and more, a number of freight money letters including several quadruple-rate, several covers from Enoch Train's White Diamond Line, New Line's Rochester and Queen of the West, Black Star's Jacob A. Westervelt, and more, generally very fine and accompanied by incredibly useful write-ups, a fantastic group of material detailing the rise of transatlantic mail across the 1820s to 1840s H. R. Harmer Inc July 2023 General Postal Historyunited states postal history u.s. postal history |
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 Lot 1472 - united states postal history u.s. postal history - H. R. Harmer Inc July 2023 General Postal Historyred datestamp with matching "Paid" on folded letter to London, manuscript "18¾" postage to New York and "12½" freight money sail fee, by Swallowtail Line's Hudson departing New York June 15 and arriving Liverpool July 6, Liverpool and London backstamps, "8" ship fee due in England, very fine, ex-Winter H. R. Harmer Inc July 2023 General Postal Historyunited states postal history u.s. postal history |
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Lot 1494 - united states postal history u.s. postal history - H. R. Harmer Inc July 2023 General Postal Historyeight covers mounted on well-annotated exhibit pages, includes 1845 Siddons to New Orleans via New York and returned, 1845 and 1847 Siddons to Philadelphia, 1840 Siddons to London with two-line "Waterford Ship Letter", 1837 Shakespeare to London with framed "Portsmouth Ship Letter", 1840 Garrick to Montreal via New York, and 1847 Garrick from Mobile, Alabama to London with "Way 11" handstamp, generally very fine, a wonderful group of this line H. R. Harmer Inc July 2023 General Postal Historyunited states postal history u.s. postal history |
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 Lot 1489 - united states postal history u.s. postal history - H. R. Harmer Inc July 2023 General Postal History26 covers including November 1822 wrapper carried by Hudson at the end of the first period of operation, 1821 Acasta (Baltimore to Liverpool three years before Black Cross Line), 1827 Hudson with Cowes U.S. Consular backstamp, 1828 Cambria, 1833 President and Sovereign, later ships including Amazon, Henric Hudson, Margaret Evans, Montreal, Samuel Robertson, Southampton, Toronto, Victoria, and Westminster, all generally fine to very fine, a scarce and attractive group of this significant line H. R. Harmer Inc July 2023 General Postal Historyunited states postal history u.s. postal history |
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Lot 1514 - united states postal history u.s. postal history - H. R. Harmer Inc July 2023 General Postal History32 items mounted on exhibit pages, many better throughout including 1840 London to Bermuda by Skylark and Velocity, 1842 London to Bermuda by Britannia and Margaret re-rated to "1/3" to include inland (the last time such a charge was made on British packet mail), Barbados to Bermuda by RMSP Clyde and Curlew, 1856 Turks Islands to Bermuda by Merlin, and 1866 London to Bermuda sent unpaid by Cuba and Alpha, generally very fine, a rare and interesting group sure to please the specialist H. R. Harmer Inc July 2023 General Postal Historyunited states postal history u.s. postal history |
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 Lot 1484 - united states postal history u.s. postal history - H. R. Harmer Inc July 2023 General Postal Historyred circular handstamp on folded letter to Liverpool, backstamped "Liverpool Ship Letter", very fine H. R. Harmer Inc July 2023 General Postal Historyunited states postal history u.s. postal history |
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 Lot 1504 - united states postal history u.s. postal history - H. R. Harmer Inc July 2023 General Postal Historyapproximately 80 covers on various exhibit pages and dealer cards, largely telling the story of the escalating postal tensions between the United States and Great Britain from the Discriminatory Period, the Retaliatory Period, the Restored Rates, and the Treaty Period, impossible to mention everything but we note August 16, 1848 England to New York by Ocean's Washington franked with strip of three GB 2p Blue; December 2, 1848 Liverpool to Boston by Cunard's Niagara on penultimate westbound retaliatory rate voyage; January 3, 1849 folded letter Constantinople to Philadelphia via Liverpool (by Cunard's Niagara); February 13, 1849 Tarboro, North Carolina to Scotland via Boston and Liverpool, carried on first Treaty Rate voyage of Cunard's Niagara; March 22, 1849 Le Havre to Portland, Maine by Hermann on her first Treaty Rate voyage (ex-White); and August 12, 1849 Baltimore to Amsterdam by Cambria (ex-Winter); although not entirely organized this group presents a wonderful opportunity to learn about this fascinating period of Anglo-American relations and the development of fast and reliable transatlantic mail, a useful group worth a close inspection H. R. Harmer Inc July 2023 General Postal Historyunited states postal history u.s. postal history |
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 Lot 1474 - united states postal history u.s. postal history - H. R. Harmer Inc July 2023 General Postal Historydouble circle datestamp with manuscript date on folded letter to New Castleton, Scotland, manuscript "USP 18¾" and "Ship 12½" rates totaled to "Paid 31½" for United States inland plus ship fee, plus "Paid 9" Canadian postage, Prescott transit datestamp, carried by Black Ball Line's England departing New York February 25 and arriving Liverpool March 17, backstamped "Liverpool Ship Letter" and rated "8" due for uniform ship letter rate, light edge wear, still fine, the only recorded freight money letter from Clarendon, ex-Winter H. R. Harmer Inc July 2023 General Postal Historyunited states postal history u.s. postal history |
