united states postal history - Stamp Auctions
 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 |
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 Lot 1496 - united states postal history u.s. postal history - H. R. Harmer Inc July 2023 General Postal Historyapproximately 123 items on exhibit pages, all identified by voyage, an incredible array of uses and markings including several Philadelphia freight money letters, "Steam Boat" handstamp on cover to Albany, Penny Black used with "Exeter Py Post" and "Fore Street Hill Penny Post" handstamps, "Harnden's Express from Boston" handstamp, oval "PL" (Paid Late), two letters referring to the loss of the Columbia in 1843, forwarder's handstamps including "Maze Bristol", "Gilpin's Exchange Reading Room and Foreign Letter Office N. York", "Meyer & Hupeden New York", "George Hart New-York", "Harnden & Co's Foreign Letter Office Phila.", "Meyer & Stucken New York", and "Hale's For. Letr. Office New York", generally fine to very fine, an extraordinary lot documenting the early history of this significant vessel, viewing a necessity as words cannot accurately convey just how many scarce and interesting items are here H. R. Harmer Inc July 2023 General Postal Historyunited states postal history u.s. postal history |
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Lot 1490 - united states postal history u.s. postal history - H. R. Harmer Inc July 2023 General Postal History17 covers all neatly mounted on exhibit pages, including 1840 Patrick Henry to London, 1819 Robert Fulton to Montreal, 1853 Arabia to New York, 1825 Cortes to London, 1830 York to New York (with "Too Late for 1st Delivery" handstamp), 1829 York to Worcestershire, 1834 Napoleon to Edinburgh, 1840 and 1842 George Washington to Leeds and London, several Roscoe covers 1833-35, 1836 Independence to New York, two 1837 Pennsylvania to London and Montreal, 1843 and 1845 Ashburton to London, and 1846 Henry Clay to New York, generally fine to very fine, an interesting and attractive group H. R. Harmer Inc July 2023 General Postal Historyunited states postal history u.s. postal history |
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 Lot 1518 - united states postal history u.s. postal history - H. R. Harmer Inc July 2023 General Postal Historyapproximately 200 covers, many still on their original dealer cards or fragments of exhibit pages (with others not written up at all), a huge variety of material ranging from throughout the 19th Century (and early 20th), we note (in no particular order): 1829 London to Boston printed circular carried on Jewel Line's Amethyst, 1864 England to Canada with block of three 2p Blue with "Insufficiently Prepaid" handstamp, 1873 London to San Francisco with 6p Gray, 1822 Paris to Vermont carried by Black Ball's Amity, 1896 New York to Switzerland with type F supplementary mail cancel, 1827 Paris to New York by Second Line's Queen Mab, 1893 postal card to Germany with type F supplementary mail cancel, 1827 Liverpool to Boston circular by Jewel Line's Topaz, 1838 London to Philadelphia by Red Swallowtail's Ontario (departure delayed due to frozen Thames), 1837 Vera Cruz to London via New Orleans and New York, 1847 Mexico City to London via New Orleans and Boston, 1848 "Forwarded by Harnden & Co. Boston" oval on folded letter to Rome, 1838 Liverpool to Boston on maiden voyage of Black Ball's Cambridge, 1855 London to San Francisco, 1845 New York to London with superb "New-York 5 Paid Aug 15" datestamp, 1847 New York to Edinburgh with manuscript "Found open when received at P.O. L'pool and resealed", and several Gold Rush-era covers from San Francisco to London and France, generally fine to very fine, certainly many more interesting items to be uncovered by a close inspection H. R. Harmer Inc July 2023 General Postal Historyunited states postal history u.s. postal history |
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 Lot 1485 - united states postal history u.s. postal history - H. R. Harmer Inc July 2023 General Postal Historyblack three-line backstamp on reverse of 1831 folded letter from Philadelphia to Bordeaux, France, endorsed "p. Packetship de Rham via Havre", boxed "Pays D'Outremer", very fine H. R. Harmer Inc July 2023 General Postal Historyunited states postal history u.s. postal history |
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 Lot 1505 - united states postal history u.s. postal history - H. R. Harmer Inc July 2023 General Postal Historyapproximately 156 covers on variety of different exhibit pages and dealer cards, incredible variety of material with highlights including (in no particular order): 1864 Jersey to Philadelphia by Cunard's Africa, 1864 folded letter Torquay to Wisconsin with contents about possible conscription of a British national to serve in the Union army, US 1869 6c on cover to Ireland, various 1p printed circular rates, 1857 folded letter to London with "Phila. Am. Pkt. 21", 1843 folded letter to London via Hibernia with "Boston" straightline, two 1896 covers Dorking to Fiji, 1874 and 1894 covers England to Honolulu, 1852 Glasgow to San Francisco and 1857 Paris to San Francisco, 1852 San Jose, California to France, 1886 Oregon wreck cover with post office label, better Cunard Line material, and much more, this is a fascinating array of material that didn't make it into Mr. Booth's main exhibit collections but is still largely written up and ideal for continuation or breakdown for resale, viewing a necessity as there's much more than meets the eye H. R. Harmer Inc July 2023 General Postal Historyunited states postal history u.s. postal history |
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 Lot 1475 - united states postal history u.s. postal history - H. R. Harmer Inc July 2023 General Postal Historycircular datestamp with manuscript date and matching "Paid" on folded letter to London, manuscript "9d + 18¾Cts" Canadian postage plus inland to New York, red "Kingston Up. Can. Jul 19" cds with "Paid" handstamps and manuscript "Packet 12½" for freight money sail fee and "18¾", red "New-York Aug 5" datestamp, carried by Swallowtail Line's Independence departing New York August 8 and arriving Liverpool August 28, "Liverpool/Ship Letter" and London backstamps, manuscript "1/7" due for ship fee plus British inland, very fine, one of two recorded freight money covers from Darlington, ex-Winter H. R. Harmer Inc July 2023 General Postal Historyunited states postal history u.s. postal history |
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Lot 1499 - united states postal history u.s. postal history - H. R. Harmer Inc July 2023 General Postal History15 covers on exhibit pages including 1851 Washington from Philadelphia to Bremen with "Phila. Paid 24Cts." handstamp corrected to "21" and straightline "Part Paid", 1855 Washington from Pennsylvania to Bremen with "24/9 KrR America Uber Bremen", 1856 Washington to Florence with two 1c, three 3c, and 10c stamps (faulty), two Prussian Closed Mail covers by Hermann, 1853 Hermann London to New York with circular "Too Late G.P.O.", and more, generally fine to very fine H. R. Harmer Inc July 2023 General Postal Historyunited states postal history u.s. postal history |
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 Lot 1491 - united states postal history u.s. postal history - H. R. Harmer Inc July 2023 General Postal History38 covers mounted on exhibit pages, ships including the Atlantic, Baltic, Pacific, Arctic, Ericsson, and Nashville, wide variety of different exchange markings from both sides of the Atlantic, generally fine to very fine, filled with provenances including ex-Tabeart, Needs, White H. R. Harmer Inc July 2023 General Postal Historyunited states postal history u.s. postal history |
