373. Auktion

1844, entire letter from „HAMILTON OCT.26.“ with straight line „PAID“ and handwritten tax „27“ (cent) and endorsement „via New York Havre de grace“ to Switzerland, reverse with arrival mark and French transit marks on front, fine  

1847, unpaid entire letter from New York with handwritten endorsement “via  Packet Argo” to France, redirected by forwarded agent “L.A. Wouters et Co.” and new dispatch from “LE HAVRE 6.MAI.47” with transit marks “VIA DI PT. BEAUVOISIN” and “CORRISPA ESTA DI GENOVA” to Florence with arrival mark  

1849, unpaid entire letter from New York (dated 12.9.) via “LONDON 28.SEP.” with handwritten tax “1 Sh. 8d” via Hamburg with transit mark “K.S.&N.P.A. HAMBURG 2.10” and via Ystad to Stockholm, in Sweden total 387 öre was charged to recipient, fine   

1849, entire letter unpaid from New York via “AMERICA LIVERPOOL FE.19.1849” to London, redirected by forwarded agent and new dispatch from “LONDON FE.20” via France with transit marks “PF”, “VIA DI PT.BEAUVIOSIN” and “CORRISPA EST DA GENEVA” to Livorno with arrival mark, fine  

1849, letter sheet from New York with handwritten endorsement “p. St. Canada via L’pool” via “AMERICA LIVERPOOL 19.FE” with French transit mark “COLONIES & c.ART.13.” and handwritten tax “17”(decimes) to Nancy, France with arrival mark, “Restored-Rate”-cover  

1850, letter sheet from Havana by forwarded agent "Goodhue & Co", new dispatch from "NEW YORK 5 JUL.3." with see rate tax "16" to London, redirected by forwarded agent "C.I.Hambro & Son" and new dispatch from "LONDON 17.JY." via Aachen with red transit mark "Aus ENGLAND über AACHEN 18.7." and via Hamburg to Copenhagen, fine

1850, entire letter from "NEW YORK 10 JUN 11" to London with arrival mark, redirectes by forwarded agent "Hambro & Son" and new dispatch from "LONDON 25.JU." via Hamburg with handwritten tax "22" (Skilling) to Norway, reverse part of letter missing, otherwise fine forwarded cover to Norway 

1851, entire letter from “BETHANY VA DEC.11” via New York with tax mark “19” (cent) to Liverpool with “PAID IN AMERIKA LIVERPOOL 29.DE.”, redirected by forwarded agent and new dispatch from “LIVERPOOL DE.29” via France with transit marks “VIA DI PT. BEAUVOISIN”, CORRISPA ESTA DA GENOVA” to Naples with arrival mark and two line “Transito per le Stato Pontificio” plus handwritten tax “73” (centesimi) for domestic postage rate, fine  

1852, entire letter from New Orleans by commercial ship to New York, new dispatch by forwarded agent “KOOP, FISCHER & Co.” from “NEW YORK AUG.25.” via London and French transit mark to Burgdorf, Switzerland with arrival mark, total 270 cent was charged to the recipient, tiny watespots, other fine  

1854, "4 1/2 / 2 Sgr. AMERICA ÜBER BREMEN", red German transit mark on entire letter from "MILWAUKIE SEPT.15" via "N.YORK BREM. PK. 5 OCT.5." with tax mark "15" by Bremen Convention Mail to Dresden, Saxonia with manuscript due tax and arrival mark, address somewhat faded and toned, otherwise fine

1854 (approx.), postal stationery envelope 3 c. as unpaid cover from “GLENN FALLS S.C. JAN.8.” via “N.YORK BR.PKT. 23 JAN.11. and Aachen with handwritten tax “45” to Ebern, Bavaria with arrival mark, fine  

1857, Frankin 1 c. blue, horizontal pair and Washington 3 c. dull red tied by cds. "NEW ORLEANS AUG.13" to double rate entire letter via "NEW YORK BR.PKT. AUG.20" by Brit. Open Mail to Nantes with "26" decimes due marking an arrival mark, stamps with cut faults, sign. Jakubek BPP (Scott 9, 11)

1858, unpaid entire letter from "CHARLESTON S.C. FEB.5." with canceled tax mark "5" (cent) via Boston to forwarded agent "Hambro & Son" in London with arrival mark, forwarded with private ship to Palma, Majorca, early mail, fine

1858, Jeffferson 5 c. brown and Washington 10 c. green tied by cds. "LOWVILLE NY. MAR.12." to double rate envelope via "NEW YORK 18 MAR.13" with handstamp "SHORT PAID" by French Covention Mail with French ship cancel "ET.UNIS.SERV.AM. A.C. 29.MARS.58" und handwritten tax "16", fine, rare combination (Scott 30 A, 32)

1861, Washington 12 c. black, two single stamps tied by black grid cancel to patriotic cover from “FLEMINGTON N.J. JUN.6.” via “NEW YORK PAID Hamb. Pkt. JUN.29 10” and Hamburg to Elbinghausen, Germany, left stamp with corner fault at bottom and cover with margins tears and rough opened at reverse, overpaid, but rare patriotic cover to Europe, signed Jakubek BPP (Scott 36)  

1865, Washington 24 c. lilac and 3 c. rose tied by black grid to mourning cover from "N.YORK BR.PKT.7.PAID NOV.25." by Belgian Closed Mail to Brussels with arrival mark, tiny spots, otherwise fine

1866, Franklin 30 c. orange and Washington 10 c. green, tied by black grid cancel to cover from “TELL CITY MAR.4.” via New York with tax mark “16” and blue German transit mark “AMERICA ÜBER BREMEN FRANCO” to Zürich, Switzerland with arrival mark, two cent overpaid, the right double rate postage “via Bremen” is 38 cent, otherwise a nice cover (Scott 71, 68)  

1867, Washington 10 c. green, horizontal pair tied by cork cancel to entire letter from “ST.LOUIS OCT.16” via “N.YORK BREM PKT. OKT.24 PAID” and Bremen with transit mark “AMERIKA ÜBER BREMEN FRANCO” to Meiringen near Bern, Switzerland with arrival mark, one cent overpaid, fine (Scott 68)  

1867, Lincoln 15 c. black tied by cork cancel to entire letter from “NEW ORLEANS AVR.6.” via New York with French ship mark and framed “PD” to Paris with arrival mark, signed Alcuri with opinion (Scott 77)  

1868, Lincoln 15 c. black tied by cork cancel to envelope from “NEW YORK PAID ALL DIRECT…MRZ.” with tax mark “5” (cent credit to Switzerland) via Hamburg with machine transit mark “HAMBURG 13.4.68 FRANCO” and handwritten endorsement “2 Wfr”(Weiterfranco) to Sülz, Switzerland with arrival mark, stamp with tiny stains, otherwise fine (Scott 77)  

1868, postal stationery envelope 3 c. carmine used from „NEW ORLEANS LA. MAR.17” via “NEW YORK DIRECT MAR.24” with tax mark “7” (cent, total rate 10 cent) and straight line “INSUFFICIENTLY PAID” via Hamburg to Sulz, Württemberg with arrival mark, charged on arrival with 28 kreuzer, slightly dirty, otherwise fine

1869, Washington 6 c. blue, tied by cork cancel to small envelope from “ST.LOUIS SEP.26.”, very fine, signed E. Diena (Scott 115)

1869, Lincoln 15 c., F.Grill, tied by red cork cancel to cover from “NEW YORK PAID 6  APR.1.” with French transit mark to Paris, flap with closed tears, otherwise fine, signed Holcombe (Scott 98)  

1870,  Lincoln 6 c. carmine, tied by cork cancel to entire letter from “SAN FRANCISCO CAL. OCT.22” with tax cancel “6” via New York, London and “PARIS 16.NOV.” to Reims with arrival mark from 28.3.71, late delivery during the Franco-German War, interesting combination with underpaid franking (Scott 148)  

1870, Shield and Eagle 10 c. orange tied by cork cancel to cover from “CHICAGO ILL. JUN.21” via Bremen with red transit mark “BREMEN 7.7.70 FRANCO” to Königsbrück, Saxony with arrival mark, fine (Scott 116)  

1873, Lincoln 6 c. carmine, tied by New York Foreign Mail Star cancel to letter sheet with adjacent red cds. “NEW YORK JUL.26” to Glasgow, Scotland with arrival mark, fine, signed Bloch (Scott 148)  

1873, Stanton 7 c. vermillion on advertising stationery envelope 3 c. green, used from “SAN FRANCISCO CAL. MAR.16” via New York to Paris with French mark “ETAT-UNIS CHERBOURG 4 AVRIL.75” on front, envelope slightly shortened at left and one cent overpaid, otherwise fine, complete with letter, nice (Scott 149)  

1874, Jefferson 10 c. dark brown, tied by New York Foreign Mail Geometric cancel to envelope with adjacent red cds. “NEW YORK PAID ALL MAI.6.” via Basel to Arlesheim, tiny spots on reverse, otherwise fine (Scott 161)  

1874, Jefferson 10 c. dark brown, tied by New York Foreign Mail Star cancel to letter sheet with adjacent red cds. “NEW YORK PAID ALL SEP.2.” via Basel to Neuchatel with arrival mark, fine, signed Alcuri with opinion (Scott 161)  

1874, Washington 1 c. blue on postal stationery card 1 c. from "CHATTANOOGA TENN APR.12”" via "NEW YORK PAID ALL APR…HAMBURG" to Schleitheim near Schaffhausen, Switzerland with arrival mark, fine; rare pre-UPU rate (Scott 145, P1)  

1874, Washington 1 c. blue on postal stationery card 1 c. from “DUBUQUE IOA AUG.12.” via “NEW YORK AUG.19.” to Darmstadt, Germany, fine, nice pre-UPU rate card (Scott 145, P1)

1847, Washington 10 c. black, fresh colour and good to wide margins all around, tied by blue rate handstamp "10" to letter sheet from "GENEVA N.J. FEB.25." to New York, letter cleaned, otherwise fine; rare cancellation, certificate Jakubek BPP (1988) (Scott 2)

12 c. black, dagonal half used as 6 c., top left half, good margins, tied by black cds. "SAN FRANCISCO CAL. 16.8." to entire letter via San Louis to Cincinnati, very fine and rare cover, certificate Brettl BPP (1981) (Scott 17a)

State: 1873, William H.Seward 20 $ green and black, unused, well centered, very fine and attractive example of this scarce stamp, sign. A.Diena and certificate Brettl BPP (1986) (Scott 071; 5.000,-)

1880, Essay Return Envelope 3 c. red on white, size 160 x 90 mm and second envelope 3 c. with inscription “Six cents us. Return envelope (size 240 x 100 mm), unused, stronger folds