379th Auction

1848, folded letter from "ST.P.A. BREMEN 20 11" endorsed "p. Steamer Via Ostend" with adjacent straight-line "FRANCO" to Petersburg, with "1/-" manuscript, carried on Cunard's "Canada" from Liverpool to New York with red integral cds. "NEW YORK SHIP 34 cts"., a scarce and attractive retaliatory rate cover from Germany

1848, (Sept. 18) folded letter from Philadelphia via "NEW YORK SEP 20" endorsed "per Steamer to Bremen", charged with "29" (cent) with blue boxed "PAID" and erroneously struck straight-line "PAID PART" alongside to Bremen, a fine and scarce entire 

1849, (Aug 8) folded letter from "HANNOVER 8 Aug" endorsed "Via Newyork pr. Steamer Washington" via "ST.P.A. BREMEN 9 8" with red boxed "PAID ALL." applied to Baltimore, fine and scarce and the to our knowledge earliest completly paid cover from the Kingdom of Hannover to the USA

1853, (Sept 30) folded letter written in San Francisco with senders cachet "HOBE & WEIHE TOBACCONISTS" and cds. "SAN FRANCISCO OCT 1" with straight-line "PAID" alongside via New York, without any processing, to Herford, upon arrival in Bremen red two-line "AMERICA ÜBER BREMEN" and blue italic "Fr. 2" applied, a very rare cover and the only known strike of the blue "Fr. 2." handstamp