368. Auction

" S. TOMAS", octagonal marking in blue on lettersheet from St. Thomas 1862 to Puerto Rico, dispatched at the "ST. THOMAS EXPRESS OFFICE" (blue oval with manuscript date). A fine letter with a rare combination of postmarks

"SPANISH. MAIL. PACKET SP 28 68", clear strike on reverse of envelope with oval "CAPITAN GENERAL DE PUERTO RICO E.*M.", addressed to the Spanish consul at Southampton, transported via "ST. THOMAS SP 29 68" and British arrival "SOUTHAMPTON PACKET LETTER OC 14 1868", charged with "1/-" handstamp. The envelope with small faults; a very rare marking

1866, James T. Abbot & Co. circular, dated June 21 and headed "PER 'NORTH AMERICA"", addressed to Portland, franked with 1861/67, 2 c. black with cork cancel; the 'North America' of the US-Brazil mail line arrived New York June 28, 1866. An interesting item, according to Dubois one of two recorded circulars from St. Thomas with blackjacks

1875, Envelope from "ST. THOMAS 13/8 1875" to New Jersey, paid in cash with red boxed "FRANCO" and franked with US 1870, 5 c. blue, tied on arrival "NEW YORK SEP 20"; the stamp slightly affixed over the edge of the cover, still good perforation, fine and scarce

1876, Small envelope with blue private (?) handstamp "ST. CROIX, D.W.I. / OCT 16 1876" to New Jersey, charged on arrival with "NEW-YORK SHIPLETTER 6 / NOV 8"; very unusual

1864, Waterlow 2 r. green, tied by clear "CORREOS LA GUAIRA SEP 9" to Bordeaux, endorsed "p. Steamer" and sent via London and Paris to Bordeaux, taxed "16" decimes; the stamp with slight scissors' cut at top, but perforation still intact; a very fine and scarce entire (Facit LG2)

2 r. green, tied by partly weak La Guaira cds. to lettersheet via "LONDON MY 15 65" to Pamplona, Spain, here charged with "4 R", with arrival mark of May 17, a fine cover with a scarce destination, sign. Holcombe (Facit LG2)

1866, Rasco, Stone II 2 r. green, tied by Caracas circle postmark to lettersheet via England to Bordeaux, very fine condition for this issue (one pulled perf) (Facit LG11)

1866, 2 r. yellow-green, tied by clear "F. VA. ADMON. DE CORREOS LA GUAIRA FEB 25" to entire letter via London and France to Genua with boxed "GB 2 F 60 C", charged "10" decimes; a very fine letter with scarce destination for this issue, certificates Fiecchi (1971) and Moorhouse (2014)

Stone IIb: 2 r. orange, tied by "CORREOS CARACAS" to lettersheet via London to Bordeaux, charged on arrival with "10" decimes; the rouletting slightly irregular, otherwise very fine and rare, just 8 entires recorded with this stamp, sign. Holcombe (Facit LG13)

1869, Jesurun ½ r. green, perf. 10, complete sheet with 100 stamps, mint never hinged, 2 stamps with light diagonal crease, otherwise very fine and scarce (Facit LG21)

Jesurun 2 r. red, perf 12½, tied by circle "CORREOS CARACAS" to cover endorsed "Voie anglaise" via London to Bordeaux, the stamp addtionally tied by tax stamp "20" (decimes), transit mark and boxed "GB/1 f 60 C"; a very fine and rare entire, only few letters known with the narrow perforation; sign. Holcombe with certificate (1984) (Facit LG20)

1867, "ST. THOMAS LA GUAYRA & Po. CABELLO STEAM PACKET", clear seal with ship in centre, applied for cash payment of 2 reales, on lettersheet (one backflap missing) with embossed return address of Caracas, addressed to France with London transit mark of November 22, 1867 and French transit marks of the same day, in France charged with "10" decimes, very attractive and rare, only few entires recorded with the provisional ship  handstamp, sign. Holcombe with certificate (1990)

LA GUAIRA - SANTOMAS: 1870, 1 c. yellow-brown, ½ r. green and 2 r. blue, unused, ½ r. with original gum, 1 c. 2 teeth fixed with hinges, otherwise fine, very scarce (Facit LG 23, 24, 26)

PURSER MARKS: "AUSTRALIA", violet purser mark with manuscript "auf See, den 10. August 1898", tying 1898, 1 c. red-lilac/green to postcard 2 c. to Hamburg with circle "AUS WESTINDIEN P. HAMBURG. DAMPFER ÜBER CÖLN", railway cancel "CÖLN-VERVIERS" and arrival mark (Facit 14)

"BOLIVIA" in violet on 12 c. lilac/green and 10 CENTS on 50 c., together with 1 c., tied by cds. "ST. THOMAS 2/2 1896" to postal stationery envelope 2 c. blue to Haiti and re-directed to Mexico City with transit and arrival marks, fine and scarce, sign. Wahl and certificate Nielsen (2003) (AFA 5y, 12, 15)

"CHERUSKIA" in violet with manuscript date "14/1 98" on postcard of St. Thomas franked 3 c. carmine/grey-blue, tied by pen cross with adjacent "AUS WESTINDIEN P. HAMBURG. DAMPFER ÜBER CÖLN 30 1 98" to Pola with arrival mark, fine and scarce (Facit 6h)

"DANIA" with manuscript date "29.I.06" on US postal stationery envelope Lincoln 5 c. with printed Puerto Rico return address to St. Thomas with arrival mark on reverse, fine

"FLANDRIA", 4 strikes with adjacent manuscript date "8/12 98" on postal stationery envelope 3 c. red with additional franking 1 c., strip of 3 and 2 singles and 4 c. (single and pair) to Hamburg with frontside "AUS WESTINDIEN P. HAMBURG. DAMPFER ÜBER CÖLN", partly tying the stamps, on reverse railway cancel "CÖLN-VERVIERS" and arrival mark, some rust stains in perforation and the left 4 c. with faults, scarce

"HUNGARIA" in violet on 3 c. carmine/grey-blue with additional manuscript date "20/4 98" on the stamp, on postcard with railway mark "CÖLN-VERVIERS" to Hamburg with arrival mark, fine

"Seepost D. Schwarzwald", straight line on German reply card 10 pf. with clear "ST. THOMAS 9 10 1912" with French transit mark to Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegowina, with frontside arrival mark, re-directed to Bromberg, scarce

"HAMBURG AMERICAN PACKET COMPANY Capt. BECKER Superintendent ST. THOMAS", 2 strikes on 1 c. and 4 c. in horizontal pairs and 10 c. on commercial envelope to Curacao with adjacent "BAVARIA"; in Curacao charged local fee and franked with postage due 12 c. green/black, cancelled "CURACAO 18/12 1892". The envelope with some creasing, lightly affecting the postage due stamp, 10 c. 2 rounded corners and some light staining, a very scarce cover

ROYAL STEAM PACKET COMPANY: 1875/79, 10 c. rose, complete sheet with 30 stamps, unmounted mint, minor staining in the margin only, very fine, opinion Miro (1973) (Facit RMS1)

AUSTRIA: 1883, postcard 2 kr. brown with additional franking 1867, 2 kr. yellow in strip of 3 from "GRAZ 22/3 83" to St. Thomas with arrival mark April 15, here franked with 3 c. grey/carmine, perf. 14:13½, normal frame (scissors' cut at bottom) and sent with cds. "ST. THOMAS 25/4 1883" back to Austria with arrival mark of May 16; a fine and rare card, certificate Prof. Ferchenbauer VÖB (2012)

CHILE: 1906, Registered envelope from Valparaiso to Chrisitansted with frontside red boxed "ST. THOMAS D.V.I. / R  "

CUBA: 1860, Lettersheet with Spanish West Indies 1857, 1 r. green in horizontal pair, tied by paria with adjacent "HABANA 31 EN. 60" (year inverted), endorsed "Vapor upt. Cuba", addressed to the exiled Spanish president Antonio de Santa Ana; upper right corner of the entire backed, otherwise a fine and interesting entire, delivered outside the Danish postal system

DENMARK: 1857, Double rate lettersheet with seal of High Court on reverse, sent from "KJØBENHAVN 21/2 1857" via "HAMBURG 24 FEB. 1857" and London to St. Croix with transit marks of the British and Danish PO at St. Thomas, charged with "2/9"; additional "8" cents inland fee was cancelled due to the official character of the letter; small ink erosion, otherwise fine, scarce

DENMARK: 1860, Lettersheet franked with 1854, 16 sk. grey-violet in horizontal strip of 3, 8 sk. green (touched one side) and 1858, 4 sk. brown, all tied by clear "1" with adjacent cds. "KJØBENHAVN 30/7" (1860) to lettersheet with frontside "HAMBURG 31 JUL. 1860" and "LONDON PAID AU 2" to St. Croix; small surface scrubs in the city name, otherwise very fine; an attractive and scarce letter, sign. Herman Toaspern and certificate Kaiser (1979)

FRANCE: 1874, Entire letter franked with Ceres 10 c. brown on rose in horizontal tête-bêche pair together with 80 c. rose, tied by GC "240" with adjacent "MARSEILLE 14 SEPT. 74" to St. Thomas with transit and arrival marks; the right stamp of the tête-bêche small termite hole, otherwise fine and fresh, a very scarce letter

HAITI: 1877, Entire letter with contents of Aux Cayes, franked with 1 d. rose, 2 pairs and 2 singles, tied by "E53" from "PORT AU PRINCE NO 19 77" to St. Thomas with arrival mark of Danish post; on reverse additional comment of the sender "N.B. The postage is much too high to your place" (SG Z36)

HAITI: 1879, Entire letter with 2 copies GB 1870, 1½ d. lake-red, tied by "E53" with adjacent "PORT.AU.PRINCE DE 10 79" to St. Thomas with arrival mark; a fine and scarce cover Provenance: J. Grant Glassco (Robson Lowe 1969), Dr. Korman coll. (H. R. Harmer, N.Y., 1994)

HOLY LAND: 1894, Cover franked with 1892, 1 pia. grey, tied by Jerusalem cds., via New York to St. Thomas with transit and arrival marks; the envelope transportation faults, stamp with small tear and affected by marginal creasing, very scarce

NETHERLANDS: 1891, Cover franked with 1872/88, 5 c. blue and 10 c. rose, tied by numeral "6" from "APELDOORN 13 NOV 91", addressed to a sailor of the Norwegian barque 'Carellia' at St. Thomas and returned, transit and arrival marks; stamps with marginal faults, where affixed at the edge of the cover

NORTH GERMAN CONFEDERATION: 1868, Lettersheet franked with Prussia 10 sgr. and NDP ¼ gr. and 2 copies 2 gr., all tied cds. "HAMBURG P.E. 2 14 10 68", sent via Belgium and England to St. Thomas with arrival mark on reverse, the two 2 gr. afixed over the edge of the entire, but still intact; a fine letter with scarce destination for this area

SPAIN: 1774, Entire letter from Cadiz to St. Croix, endorsed "p favor of / Cap: N Giles Stanton / 2 D.C. / via Rhode Island". The earliest recorded incoming letter to the Danish Westindies

UNITED STATES: 1867, Envelope franked with 1861/67, 10 c. green and 24 c. lilac with faint adjacent "ESSEX JAN 24" to St. Thomas with faint arrival mark with red accountancy mark "8"; the 24 c. corner crease and franking with some short perfs, very scarce