373rd Auction

1775, Entire letter dated "St. Croix 3d August 1775" to Burlington, N.J. endorsed "p the Pennsylvania farmer Capt. Newton via N. York"

1804, Entire letter from St. Thomas to Hartford, Ct., on front red "SHIP" and "NEW YORK FEB 19", charged "14½" c.

1809, Lettersheet docketed "ST. CROIX 25th AUGUST 1809" and marked "1 oz" (= quadruple rate), addressed to Bristol, showing on front superb strike of black "LEEWARD ISLAND F / 24 NO 24 1809", charged with a total of "7/8". A fine and important item of DWI postal history, the earliest recorded strike of the "LEEWARD ISLAND F"-postmark, which lateron was struck in green colour

1810, Entire letter dated "St. Croix 5th March 1810" to Aberdeen with frontside superb blue "LEEWARD ISLAND F / 3 AP 3 1810" with adjacent Scottish exchange mark "APR W8 M 1810", charged on arrival "2/5"; horizontal cover crease with slight paper break, still a fine and attractive letter and of just 2 recorded with the Leeward Island handstamp in blue colour

1810, "ST. CROIX DE 26 1810", superb strike of the fleuron post mark on dated lettersheet to Guernsey, charged on arrival "2/1". A striking entire with the earliest recorded strike of the St. Croix fleuron

1814, "ST. THOMAS MAR 12 1814", good strike of the large fleuron cancel on entire letter, dated "Antigua March 7th 1814" to England, charged "2/-", fine and very scarce

1814, "ST:THOMAS NOV 29 1814", large fleuron, nice strike on unpaid double rate lettersheet to London, charged on arrival with "4/4". Slightly stained on reverse, otherwise fine and very scarce

1819, "(S)T. THOMAS", straight line in black on entire printed circular from La Guaira, Venezuela to London, charged "2/2"

1822, Entire letter, dated "St. Thomas le 9 juillet 1822" to Bordeaux with frontside clear "COLONIES PAR BAYONNE", charged "6" decimes on arrival; desinfection slits and corresponding light stains, very fine and scarce

1829, Entire letter from St. Croix to Aberdeen, transported by the "Sheldrake" of the Leeward Line, charged with "5/2", transported to Falmouth with unframed "F/LEEWARD ISLAND FE 26 1829", fine

1829, Entire letter from St. Thomas to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania with red "SHIP" and "NEW-YORK JAN 23", charged "12½" cents

1837, Entire letter from St. Croix to Toronto, Canada, showing on front red "SHIP" and "NEW-YORK APR 2" and green "QUEENSTON AP 10 1837", charged with a total of "1/11½"; 2 vertical file folds, one affecting the Queenston cancel; a fine letter with scarce destination

1837, Entire letter from St. Croix to Madeira via London forwarding agent Thomas Murdoch, showing on front red boxed "PACKET LETTER", charged "4/4" for double rate postage

1840, "LEEWARD ISLAND F" in green, clear strike on reverse of entire letter (the contents proving that it is coming from St. Thomas) to Edinburgh with clear London arrival mark of June 18, charged on arrival with "6/-"; some vertical folds, still fine and very scarce

1857, Entire double rate letter from "CHRISTIANSTED 28/7 1857" to Copenhagen, transported via Danish and British PO at St. Thomas, London and Hamburg, charged with a total of 119 skilling (noted on reverse), a scarce letter

1859, Entire letter from "CHRISTIANSTED 29 7 1859" via St. Thomas Danish and British PO (single semi-circle), London and Hamburg to Copenhagen, charged with a total of "60" skilling on front

1866, 3 c. carmine-rose, complete sheet of 100 stamps with full sheet margins, unused with original gum, 86 stamps mint never hinged; a vertical fold between the 2nd and 3rd row from right, touching some of the stamps slightly, otherwise extremely fine and fresh, very rare, certificate Nielsen (1994)

3 cents carmine-rose, privately rouletted 4½, tied by target to lettersheet with adjacent "ST. THOMAS 24/1 1871" to Bassin, St. Croix. The entire with some minor staining, the stamp due to the primitive rouletting applied with tear at top, still fine and very rare. Certificate Nielsen (1988) (Facit 2v2)

1866, 3 c. carmine-rose, just touched at upper left, otherwise clear to large margins, tied by target cancel to entire letter from "ST. THOMAS 23 10 1868" to Basin/St. Croix; the stamp with tiny termite hole and the letter with slight paper breaks, still fine

1873/90, Bi-coloured type 1 c. purple/green, horizontal pair tied by cds. "ST. THOMAS 17/8 1891" to small printed matter wrapper to New Jersey; left stamp rounded corner at lower left, still fine

1 c. purple/green with inverted frame and 3 c. red/blue with inverted frame in horizontal strip of 3, tied by cds. "ST. THOMAS 24/5 1892" to envelope of the Bank of St. Thomas to Halifax, Nova Scotia with arrival mark, very fine

4 c. blue/brown, diagonal bisect, tied by cds. "CHRISTIANSTED 10/2 1903" to envelope to Frederiksted with arrival mark, very fine

7 c. deep yellow/lilac in horizontal pair, tied by mute 4-ring handstamp to lettersheet from "ST. THOMAS 17/9 1878" to Veracruz, Mexico; the lower right corner of the right hand stamp added, otherwise fine; a very rare multiple franking

7 c. orange.-yellow/lilac with 3 c. red/grey and 4 c. blue/brown, tied to postal startionery envelope 3 c. red without watermark, as registered letter from "ST. THOMAS 7/4 1883" to Germany with arrival mark; a very attractive and rare cover with a most unusual variety

7 c. yellow/lilac, tied by cds. "ST. THOMAS 25/5 1885" to postal stationery envelope 3 c. red to Germany with arrival mark; lower left corner perf slightly shortened, otherwise fine. A scarce combination, certificate Paaskesen (1990)

14 c. green/lilac with inverted frame, unused with part original gum, 2 short perfs, tiny inclusion in the lower margin; alltogether a fine copy of this extremely rare stamp (Facit 12v1)

5 c. grey/green, tied by cds. "ST. THOMAS 5/11 1881" to lettersheet to San Juan, Puerto Rico, a fine and scarce single franking

5 c. yellow-green/grey, horizontal pair, tied by cds. "ST. THOMAS .. 2/4 1885" to commercial envelope to Panama with frontside arrival mark of April 1885, re-directed to Amapala, Honduras, returned after 5 years with manuscript endorsement of May 1890 and arrival mark "ST. THOMAS 14/5 1890"; the right stamp with corner faults

10 c., 2nd printing, tied by cds. "ST. THOMAS 16/2 1880" to lettersheet to Veracruz, Mexico, some minor staining, otherwise fine (Facit 10b)

10 c. brown/ultramarine, tied by clear "ST. THOMAS 4/10 1892" to envelope to Philadelphia but undeliverable with violet "CANNOT BE FOUND" and postage due stamp 1 c. applied; 10 c. one corner perf missing, otherwise fine

12 c. lilac/yellow-green, horizontal pair, used on commercial double rate envelope from "ST. THOMAS 20/2 1879" to Brooklyn with arrival marks on reverse; some short perfs and the right stamp rounded corners, still a fine and very rare multiple franking of this stamp (Facit no. 11)

1887, 1 CENT on 7 c., 18 copies incl. 5 with inverted frame used on front and reverse of registered envelope from "ST. THOMAS 19 11 1890" to New York, 3 copies uncancelled (since overpaid), 2 further stamps missing on reverse, despite of that a very scarce and still attractive cover, certificate Møller BPP (2018) (Facit 23bv1, b)

4 c. blue/brown, diagonal bisect with left sheet margin, tied by cds. "ST. THOMAS 9/2 1903" to small envelope to Christiansted with arrival mark; little toned, still fine

1902, surcharge 2 CENTS on 3 c., proof with year "1901", unused o.g., fine and scarce (Facit 24v3)

1905, Christian IX, 2 bicoloured essays 5 c. green/black resp. red/black on ungummed paper, certificate Nielsen (2008)

1905, 10 bit, 2 composite photographic essay with head larger than issued with values in white on black square as issued stamps, 2 copies fixed on card in letter format