377th Auction

1876/81, Victoria 1sh. green, plate 12, horizontal pair together with 1d. red, plate 190, strip of three tied by barred "C87" to cover Genoa with cds. "ST. DOMINGO JA 11 77" alongside, originally declared as triple rate, with exceedingly rare boxed "INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID" (most likely applied in St. Thomas) and taxation "1S1½d" alongside. In London declared as double rate, and thus original taxation crossed out and red "LONDON PAID" applied, cover and stamps some faults, nonetheless a quite attractive and scarce entire with only two entires and one piece registered with the boxed "INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID" Provenance: Robson Lowe (1969)                     The André Bollen Collection (238th. Heinrich Köhler Auction, 1983)

1876/81, Victoria 1sh. green, plate 12, togehter with 1½d. red, tied by barred "C87" to cover Genoa with cds. "ST. DOMINGO AP 20 77" alongside, fine Provenance: The André Bollen Collection (238th. Heinrich Köhler Auction, 1983)

1867, entire folded lettersheet dated "Pto Plata 30 Octbre 1871" to New York, upon arrival cds. "N,Y, STEAMSHIP 10 NOV 9" struck alongside, a fine and interesting entire

1867, entire folded lettersheet dated "Vera Cruz 5 de Dicbre de 1867" via St. Domingo with green forwarder cachet "BOTICA DE STO DOMINGO" on reverse to New York,  endorsed "pr Eagle" and "p Georgia", upon arrival cds. "N,Y, STEAMSHIP 10 DEC 26" struck alongside, a fine and interesting entire

1874, entire folded letter dated "Pto. Plata 23 Octubre 1874" and endorsed "pr Metropolis" sent to New York, upon arrival cds. "NEW YORK U.S. CURRENCY DUE 20 NOV 5" struck alongside, a fine and interesting entire The ship Metropolis had an engine failure after its stopover in Haiti on 27.10. and therefore arrived in New York only after 13 instead of 9 days.

1875, Second printing 10c. black on green-blue and yellow, right marginal, tied by red oval agents cachet "G. Keitel & Cie, Port au Prince" to cover front endorsed "par Steamer Allemand" to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. There two-line "Affranchissement Obligatoire" and boxed "RETOUR" applied, a very fine and interesting cover front, certificate Nielsen (1997) (Facit HP2) The Dominican Republic did not recognize the HAPAG stamp as having any franking power and returned the cover for "real" postage.  Provenance: Private Ship Letter Stamp Issuing Companies up to 1900 – The Jan Berg Collection (373. Heinrich Köhler Auction)

1876, entire folded letter dated "Pto. Plata 4 August 1876" and endorsed "pr Tybee" sent to New York, upon arrival cds. "NEW YORK SHIP LETTER AUG 15 *5*" struck alongside, a scarce and interesting entire with interesting content "..Revolutionary troops have occupied the city for 14 days, connections to the interior are interrupted...

1878, envelope with original contents written on board of the USS Ewatara, Samana Bay Feb 1st 1878 and addressed to ​Dubuque, Iowa, franked with horizontal pair US Washington 3c. green upon arrival in Key West arrival mark struck and handed over to US Post, a little roughly opened, otherwise fine, with interesting content reading: "My Dear Darling, still further complications have arisen in mail transportation, so that we really do not know when or how we will be able to send you letters.....This letter I am writing to send by a schoner that arrived a day or so ago and will probably leave tomorrow for Pensacola, Florida."

1879, "ADMON DE CORREOS PTO. PLATA" nicely struck in violet on folded lettersheet with adjacent cds. "PORTO-PLATA MY 10 79" endorsed "via St. Thomas" to Bremen with tax mark "T 1-10" alongside, upon arrival taxed as unpaid letter with "80" in blue crayon, some ageing, but a scarce cover Provenance: The André Bollen Collection (238th. Heinrich Köhler Auction, 1983)

1879, "ADMON DE CORREOS PTO. PLATA" nicely struck in violet on folded lettersheet with adjacent cds. "PORTO-PLATA MY 22 79" endorsed to Bremen with tax mark "T 1-10" alongside, upon arrival taxed as unpaid letter with "80" in blue crayon, some ageing, but a scarce cover  

1880, Coat of arms, Typographed by The Hamilton Bank Note Co. New York, composite trial colour plate proofs printed from a special plate, position 11-20 showing 1-75c. and twice 100c., on laid watermark paper without gum in lilac, blue, orange, blue-green, brown, light-brown,reddish-orange furthermore in green, carmine, violet, gray-violet and brown on bluish laid paper, total of 12 blocks, fine and scarce group

1880, Coat of arms, Typographed by The Hamilton Bank Note Co. New York, composite trial colour plate proofs printed from a special plate, position 11-20 showing 1-75c. and twice 100c., on laid watermark paper without gum in red, blue and violet furthermore in green on bluish laid paper, in addition 8 singles 100c. in different colours, fine and scarce group

1880, Coat of Arms, typographed, rouletted in colour, 10c. rose tied by cds. "CORREOS PUERTO PLATA 24 FEB 1883" to cover via Le Havre to Breslau, adhesive small surface scratch, otherwise fine and scarce

1881, Coat of Arms, typograhed, Network covering stamp, 5c. blue with right sheet margin, fresh colour, just touched at left, with oval sender cachet on folder lettersheet with adjacent cds. "CORREOS SANTO DOMINGO 9 AGO 1881" to Puerto Plata, fine

1883, Preceding Issues Surcharged with Value in New Currency, without Network, 5 fr. on 1p. gold, surcharge type I, fresh colour, unused with original gum, a fine copy of this scarce stamp

1883, Preceding Issues Surcharged with Value in New Currency, without Network, 5 fr. on 1p. gold, surcharge type I, fresh colour, unused without gum, signed Roig, a fine copy of this scarce stamp

1883, Preceding Issues Surcharged with Value in New Currency, with Network, 50c. on 10c. rose tied by oval "SANTO DOMINGO FRANCA" to somewhat faulty cover with adjacent cds. "CORREOS SANTO DOMINGO 19 OCT 1889" to France, stamp touched at upper right, a scarce cover

1883, Preceding Issues Surcharged with Value in New Currency, with Network, 5 fr. on 1p. gold, surcharge type h+I, fresh colour, unused without gum resp. unused with original gum, two fine copies, the latter signed Roig

1883, Revenue stamps 1c. rose imperforated strip of four with good margins all around tied by cds. "SANTO DOMINGO 19 JUN 83" to cover to San Cristobal, an attractive and scarce usage, certificate Moorhouse (2015)

1885, Coat of Arms, perforated 12, 20c. brown and two singles 5c. blue (one added without cancellation) tied by barred "M" to registered cover with return receipt with adjacent cds. "CORREOS MONTE CRISTY 5 MAR", via New York with Registry exchange label applied, to Boizenburg with arrival mark and large senders cachet "J STAFELFEL MONTE CRISTY KAISERL. DEUTSCHER CONSULAR AGENT", cover small tear backed, otherwise fine

1885, Coat of Arms, perforated 12, 5c. blue, four singles and 10c. orange tied by cds. "PUERTO PLATA OCT 15 1895" to reduced registered cover with return receipt via St. Thomas with red r-mark "Dansk Westindien" applied to Buenos Aires with arrival mark, some light oxidation, otherwise fine

1885, Coat of Arms, perforated 12, 10c. orange, vertically bisected and tied by cds. "CORREOS SANTO DOMINGO 13 DIC 88" to unobjectedly conveyed cover, with french Paquebot cancel "LIGNE F PAQ. FR. No 1 17 DEC 88" alongside to St. Thomas with arrival mark, the cover folded twice, in addition 10c. orange on small cover to Belgium, an interesting duo

1885, Coat of Arms, perforated 12, 10c. with pen-cross on large-format consignee's letter, former content probably waybills, with adjacent straight-line "SYRIA CONSIGNEE'S LETTER" with handwritten date "28/7" to Bremen, a fine and interesting entire 

1885, Coat of Arms, perforated 12, 10c. orangeand 20c. brown tied by cds. "CORREOS PUERTO PLATE MAY 22 1893" to registered cover with return receipt to New York, opened out for display and small part of backside missing, adhesives some minor imperfections, a scarce and unusual cover

1885, Coat of Arms, perforated 12, 20c. brown tied by cds. "PUERTO PLATA JUN 23" to pre-printed registered cover of the "Kaiserlich Deutsches Konsulat in Puerto Plata", with Registry exchange label of New York, to Beergberg, fine

1885, Coat of Arms, perforated 12, 20c. brown with pen-cross on large-format consignee's letter, former content probably waybills, endorsed "p. Syria" (HAPAG) with adjacent straight-line "SYRIA" with handwritten date "28/7" to Bremen, a fine and interesting entire 

1891, UPU Overprints - Parisot Issue 80 cts. on Medio Real blue and 50cts. on Un Real rose, each as horizontal pair, tied by boxed "ADMON PRINCIPAL DE CORREOS MAY... Santo Domingo" to registered cover sent Poste Restante to Paris with arrival mark, some minor toning etc., a scarce and attractive cover, signed Roumet

1895, Coat of Arms 1c. black, single die proof on thick, ungummed chalky paper, fine, scarce

1895, Coat of Arms 5c. black, single die proof on thick, ungummed chalky paper, fine, scarce

1895, Coat of Arms 1-10c., imperforated block of 12, 2 and 5c. with gum, the others without gum, some wrinkles but mostly fine, attractive multiples

1899/1900, Colon Issue 1c. green and 2c. red with manuscript cross resp. tight by straight-line purser mark "MARKOMANNIA" to postcard to Cassel, Germany with adjacent very good and clear strike of "AUS WESTINDIEN P. HAMBURG. DAMPFER ÜBER CÖLN", with transit and arrival marks, fine and scarce  

1904, Surcharged 1c. on 2c. olive gray with additional franking tied by cds. "SANTO DOMINGO MAY 13 1905" to registered cover to Seybo, some ageing and cover some faults, scarce on cover

1953, Discovery of Hispaniola by Columbus special souvenir sheet 2c.-1p. in thread bound gift booklet with matching envelope and some enclosed black and white photos, very fine and scarce

1881/85, proof sheetlets printed by Hamilton Bank Note Co., New York, 5-45c., total of 37 sheetlets including five showing a total of 12 subjects either tête-bêche or on reverse, printed on white wove or laid paper and blue laid paper, showing 5 resp. 6 impressions, a scarce and attractive group

1881/85, proof sheetlets printed by Hamilton Bank Note Co., New York, three sheetlets 5c. blue and 45c. lilac on white paper and 30c. rose on blue paper, showing 5 resp. 6 impressions, fine

1881, 2 c. green card with very smooth surface with different patterned background of circles printed in lilac grey, presumably produced as an Essay prior to the diagonal lines eventually chosen; small closed tear at base not affecting the unusual feel and appearance; ex the Manhattan Bank Note Co. / ABN archives, believed to be unique Provenance: The Brian Moorhouse Estate (Corinphila, 2021)