Summer 2025 | July 18-20, 2025

"FORWARDED BY HARNDEN & CO. NO. 20. WATER ST LIVERPOOL" with ship in center (1844-48, oval 40 x 29, black) on front, Boston to London Via Liverpool. "PAID 1844" tombstone mark at London.
Red "LIVERPOOL 1844." Addressed to Thomas Aspinwall, American Consul at London.

This folded letter is datelined June 22, 1840, and was carried from Boston when it entered the mail in New York as a drop letter and rated "1" in manuscript.
This date falls within the period when William Harnden carried mail under contract with the U.S. Post Office Department between Boston and New York, an arrangement that lasted from 1839 until June 30, 1844.
William Harnden established the first independent mail company to carry small packages and money between Boston and New York. His first advertisement appeared February 23, 1839 and announced four trips each week between Boston and New York.

Addressed to Fredrick City, Md.

"Burlington Vt. JUL 7" datestamp at left, with matching red grid. Addressed to Rev. John T. Stone, Montpelier, Vt.

Addressed to Miss Margaret Patten in Albany, New York. The stamp with a hole in bottom left margin.

"NEW-YORK JUN 27" postmark with pencil "5"

Single 5c dark brown tied by three strikes of red numeral "5 in circle" on folded letter dated October 10, 1849, from Saratoga Springs, N.Y. to New York City. Additional matching red straightline STEAMBOAT handstamp and fourth strike of the "5" in circle at left. Carried along the Hudson River.

Cover C, in Creighton C. Hart's "1847 Covers to Canada" Article in Chronicle 79
Red New York NOV 30" *1849) cancel on folded letter from New York City to Brockville, Upper Canada, routed “via Morristown, St. Lawrence Co. N.Y.”, a direct exchange point across the St. Lawrence River. Due to the close proximity of Morristown and Brockville, no Canadian postage was charged to the recipient.

Single tied by "NEW YORK AUG. 20, 1857" postmark on cover to Utica, NY.

Three strikes of “New Orleans Dec. 6, 1853” double circle postmark on folded letter front to Charlevall, France with blue boxed “A. Texier New Orleans” forwarding agent marking, boxed “P.D.”, and Boston and French transit markings. Manuscript directive “Per First Steamer." The stamps with perfs trimmed away at top and at right. The front with mended tear and a vertical and horizontal fold.

Honolulu, U.S. Postage Paid, Jan 27 Red postmark (Type 242.03). and Black San Francisco Cal ,Mar 5 postmark. Addressed to Old Lyme CT. The cover with repairs.

Minor inclusion at upper left.

Envelope with strikingly ornate large oval corner card, featuring a globe flanked by cherubs, eagle, and 8-pointed star design. Light bump at top, no contents. Delivered locally, to “J. S. Mason” with no city indicated. Not post office delivered. Listed as #203 in the ASCC.

Embossed design on envelope featuring an eagle in clouds with 13 stars overhead and lightning bolt design. Enclosure from the American Telegraph Company announcing "Having Lines EXTENDING FROM HALIFAX TO NEW-ORLEANS, And connecting with other Lines to all parts of the United States and British Provinces." Not posted.

Blue embossed seal of the American Telegraph Company featuring an eagle in clouds with 13 stars overhead and lightning bolt design, inscribed "PRINTING AND MORSE LINES, TRAVELLER BUILDING, 31 STATE ST. BOSTON." Addressed to W.C. Gregg, not post office delivered. The cover with a horizontal crease through the cameo.

The stamp with some toned perfs and the cover with most of the backflap missing.

Baltimore Office: Sun Iron Building, Cor. Baltimore & South Sts

This envelope carried a message across town in 1857 and an answer was inserted in if necessary. New office in Baltimore changed from Lombard & Gay Streets to a more public location of the Sun/New Iron Building.

Reverse "S" and "N" in "LEWISTON"

Washington D.C. 1864 double circle datestamp, with Bellvue, Ohio Double circle datestamp. Forwarded and readdressed to Medina, Ohio.

Jan 31, 1873 registered cover from Bellows Falls, VT. to Chesterfield, N.H. Double 3 cents per half oz, domestic mail rate, plus 15 cents registry fee. Note the absence of any other registered mail postal markings except for the manuscript "Reg. No. 14" accountability notation. The 1c stamp and cover with stains.