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Auction: 172 - The Freshwater Collection of United States
Lot: 135

Balance of the Freshwater United States postal history collection, a fascinating group of around a hundred covers, almost exclusively nineteenth century, illustrating usages, rates, and destinations, beginning with a few stampless covers showing a variety of rate markings, American Letter Mail Co. adhesive on folded letter, multiple 1851 1c Franklin covers including multiples, 1856 folded letter New Orleans to Paris via Liverpool, 1855 10c Washington solo franking to Paris, 1859 1c Franklin pair on folded letter to Italy, 1861 24c Washington solo franking and pair on covers to London, 1860s postage due steamboat cover from Baltimore to Boston, 1863 30c Franklin solo franking to France, 1c Washington strip of five on 1865 cover from New York to France, 1865 transatlantic mourning cover to Belgium, 1867 28c rate three-color franking on folded letter to Bordeaux, 15c Lincoln insufficiently paid via Boston to Paris, unusual 3c Banknote on Washington YMCA label forwarded letter, multiple transatlantic Banknnote issues covers with a variety of frankings, 2c Banknote fancy cancel on bankruptcy discharge returned to sender, Civil War usages including 13th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers illustrated cover and letter, several Union patriotic covers, two Confederate States usages, two Boyd's City Express and multiple Blood's Penny Post local covers, and many more, a delightful collection offering a glimpse of the many fascinating byways of the postal history of this period, typical mixed condition as expected, ideal for the collector or dealer alike as there are a great many covers with retail values into the hundreds of dollars, deserving of closer inspection.

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