Sale 1230 U.S. and Hawaii Stamps and Postal History

Hale's Foreign Letter Office. Ten 1838-42 folded covers or letters to England (nine to London, one to Liverpool), each with red Hale's Foreign Letter Office handstamp (four on the front, six on back), includes Ty. NY-A (4), NY-C (2) and NY-D (4), all passed through New York City, origins include one from Middletown Conn. and five from New Orleans, all but one with British ship-letter handstamps applied on arrival, four with forwarder's notations, as usual the markings are lightly struck and in a few cases partly struck, overall Very Fine, these early Hale markings are very scarce with fewer than ten recorded by Gutman of these types, a desirable group, see website PDF for complete scan

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