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Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
2719		Forwarded from Harnden's Package Express & Foreign Letter Office, No. 8 Court St. Boston. Red oval handstamp on Jul. 13-14, 1841 folded letter from Havana, Cuba, to London, England, content is a faint copy of letters sent by other sailings, routing crossed out and redirected by Charleston, "via New York" crossed out on address side and redirected "or Caledonia via Liverpool", "America/L" oval backstamp, red Liverpool backstamp (Aug. 15), ms. "2/" rate, receipt docketing, toned file folds and slightly dampstained, still Fine and rare usage (Image)	E. 200-300 SOLD for $225.00 Will close during Public Auction
2720		Forwd. from Harnden & Cos. Foreign Letter Office, Phila. Red circular handstamp on back of undated ca. 1841 folded cover to Yorkshire, England, "1/" due handstamp and "America/L" oval backstamp, sender's routing "Per R.M.S. 'Acadia' (via Harnden to Boston)", Very Fine (Image)	E. 200-300 SOLD for $200.00 Will close during Public Auction
2721		Forwd. from Harnden & Cos. Foreign Letter Office, Phila. Red circular handstamp on folded cover to London, England, sender's routing "via Boston, pr. Columbia", ms. "1/-" rate, backstamped "America/L" oval and red London receiving datestamp ((Nov. 16), receipt docketing indicates Oct. 29 origin date from Philadelphia, Very Fine, ex Gibson (Image)	E. 200-300 SOLD for $225.00 Will close during Public Auction
2722		Forwarded from Harnden's Package Express & Foreign Letter Office, No. 8 Court St. Boston. Perfect strike of red oval handstamp on Nov. 16, 1841 folded letter from Boston to Paris, France, sender's routing "pr. Great Western", "Bristol/Ship Letter" two-line handstamp, red transit backstamp, red Calais transit, ms. "1/6" and "28" rates on front and additional rate notations on back, Very Fine (Image)	E. 200-300 SOLD for $225.00 Will close during Public Auction
2723		Harnden & Cos. Express New York. Red oval handstamp on Apr. 15, 1842 folded letter from Havana, Cuba, to London, England, sender's routing "via New York p. Britannia", red "New-York Apl. 30" circular datestamp and faint ms. rate, red Liverpool receiving backstamp (May 16), receipt docketing, file folds, a bit toned and dampstained, still Fine, (Image)	E. 300-400 SOLD for $200.00 Will close during Public Auction
2724		Forw. From Harnden & Cos. Foreign Letter Office, Phila. Red circular handstamp on Aug. 29, 1842 folded letter from Philadelphia to London, England, handled by Harnden as official U.S. mail agent, blue "Philadelphia Pa. Aug. 29" circular datestamp and matching "Paid" oval with ms. "37-1/2" rate, sender's routing "via Boston", ms. "2/" rate, red London receiving backstamp (Sep. 15), trifle worn file folds, Very Fine, with 1997 P.F. certificate (Image)	E. 200-300 SOLD for $150.00 Will close during Public Auction
2725		Forwarded from Harnden's Package Express & Foreign Letter Office, No. 8 Court St. Boston. Lightly struck red oval handstamp and matching "Pd. H" in circle on Aug. 15, 1843 folded letter to Canton, China, "care of Messrs. Martin Muncey & Co., Bombay", ms. "3/5" rate, red Aug. 30, 1843 London transit datestamp and "Returned for Postage" framed handstamp on back, ms. notation next to latter marking "postge. F.W.W. pd. by G.W.H.", interesting lengthy letter mentions new Hong Kong consul, U.S. armament being shipped and pick-up of opium at Bombay, Very Fine, scarce Harnden usage to China (Image)	E. 500-750 SOLD for $3,500.00 Will close during Public Auction
2726		Forwarded from Harnden's Package Express & Foreign Letter Office, No. 8 Court St. Boston. Red oval handstamp lightly struck with matching "Paid" straightline, ms. "18-3/4" and "1/" one-shilling packet rate on Aug. 14, 1843 folded letter from Rufus King in Albany N.Y. to Thurlow Weed in London, England, London Aug. 30 receiving backstamp, Fine, very scarce (Image)	E. 200-300 SOLD for $800.00 Will close during Public Auction
2727		Harnden's Express from No. 8 Court St. Boston. Black on green label with steamship illustration on Apr. 23, 1849 folded letter from New York City to Boston, label creased along edge, otherwise Very Fine, scarce (Image)	E. 300-400 SOLD for $750.00 Will close during Public Auction
2728		Harnden & Co's Express from No. 43 South Third St., Philada. Black on pink label with steamship illustration used on Jun. 28, 1844 folded letter from Philadelphia to New York City, ms. "Paid H", receipt docketing, file fold ties label, a bit age toned at right and a few minor edge faults, still Fine, Hahn records three examples of this Harnden Philadelphia office label but we believe a few more exist, a rare example of Harnden's short-lived foray into carrying domestic inter-city mail (he did not participate extensively in the 1844-45 Independent Mail service), ex Gibson (Image)	E. 500-750 SOLD for $850.00 Will close during Public Auction
2729		Harnden & Co. Boston office red oval and matching "Pd. H" in circle, Liverpool office's blue steamship-illustrated oval on folded cover to London, England, red Liverpool (Jun. 29, 1844) and London datestamps, small ink smear, flaps slightly reduced, Fine, the blue oval is scarce, ex Mason (Image)	E. 200-300 SOLD for $275.00 Will close during Public Auction