379th Auction

1868, Washington 10 c. tied by cork cancel to envelope from "PITTSBURG PA. MAR.23" via "NEW YORK 9 MAR 24", carried by the "Germania" to Southampton, with straight line "INSUFFICIENTLY PAID" by French Convention Mail via Great Britain with handstamp "F.30" to Switzerland with arrival mark, part payment not accepted and treated as unpaid, reverse with long cuts, otherwise fine

1854 (Oct 24), Embossed 1sh. green and 1850 Victoria 1p. red tied by numeral "47" to folded lettersheet endorsed "by the St. Louis via Southampton", paying the ½ounce rate and 1p. late fee, to New York with adjacent red handstamp "21 CENTS" and "PAID", 1sh. unobstrusive vertical folding crease, otherwise fine

1855 (6 April), folded letter dated "Off Culpee 6th April", sent via Calcutta with large boxed "INDIA" and put on the steamer "BENTINCK" who travelled via Galle and Aden to Suez. From there overland to Alexandria where the "Indus" departed to Southampton, charged with "1/-" , later with the "St. Louis" to New York where the cover was charged with "45" with black handstamp and later red crayon, an interesting and fine cover with complete transcript of content

1858, Franklin 1c. blue, Washington 3c. rose and vertical pair 10c. green tied by cds. "SYRACRUSE DEC 10 1858" to envelope with red handstamp "3" struck in New York to Cardiff, carried by the "Arago" to Southampton, 1c. with tear, some toning, otherwise fine and attractive

1858, Washington 10c. black, block of four and horizontal pair tied by cds. "Oconomowoc Wis. Dec 6" to large-size cover to Worcester, with "NEW YORK AM. PACKET DEC 11" cds. and matching framed "Short Paid" with blue crayon "96" due rating, carried by "Arago" from New York to Southampton with "4/-" quadruple packet rating, one stamp in block creased, left stamp of pair faulty, otherwise fine and an extremely rare use of 1857 Issue 12c. as block of four, Ashbrook certificate (1954)

The 72c paid in adhesives was the attempt to prepay triple the 24c rate, but the U.S.-British treaty required four-times for letters weighing over 1½ ounces. It is therefore rated "short paid" and due 96c without any credit for prepayment. 

1861, Jefferson 5c. brown and Washington 10c. green tied by cds. "SAN FRANCISCO JUL 12" to folded lettersheet to Bordeaux, in New York handles as overweight, and thus red boxed "SHORT PAID" next to "NEW YORK 18 AUG 3" applied, carried with the "Glasgow" to Queenstown, and from Calais to Bordeaux where the cover was charged "16" decimes, some eraser erosion in address panel, otherwise fine

1864, Washington 24c. grey-lilac tied by grid cancel to envelope with adjacent cds. "WARREN MAR 30 1864" to Stradbally, Ireland. The cover was overweight, and the adhesive was not accepted as part-payment, subsequently "NEW YORK AM Pkt. 42 APR 42" due handstamp struck and carried on the "City of Washington" to Queenstown with transit mark of Piltown, few folds and adhesive small corner crease, otherwise fine and unusual entire

1869 (9 Nov), Adriatic 12c. green with cork cancel on envelope with adjacent cds. "NEW ORLEANS NOV 9" via New York, from there with the "City of Brooklyn" to Liverpool with arrival mark, fine and attractive entire

1872 (4 July), Victoria 9p. dark-brown together with 1858 Victoria 1d. red tied by numeral "88" and cds. "LONDON JY 4 72" to folded letter endorsed "p City of Montreal" to New York with receiver mark, a fine entire with 1d. late fee

1875 (10 Nov), Bank Note Issue 3c. green, 10c. brown and 15c. orange tied by cork cancel with adjacent cds. "MADISON NOV 10" to reduced cover to Moradabd, India. Adhesives slightly overpaying the ½oz rate to India per British mail via Brindisi. Conveyed from Boston with "City of Richmond" to Queenstown, from Brindisi with the steamer "Baroda" to Alexandria and to it's final destination, adhesives some imperfections, still attractive

1850 (20 June), pre statehood folded letter from San Francisco with integral cds.  "SAN FRANCISCO 40 1 JULY" to Bremen, endorsed "per California", sent via Panama to New York where another 24c. were added for the sea passage to Bremen thus manuscript "64" applied, and carried on the "Hermann" to Bremen, fine and interesting entire

1858, Washington 12c. black horinzontal pair tied by cds. "ADRIAN FEB  13" to buff cover,  carried by the "Fulton" to Southampton, to Scottland with red handstamp "3" of the New York Exchange Office, some edge wear, otherwise fine

1857 (5 Aug), Washington 10c. green, horizontal strip of three (cut into) tied by cds. "SAN FRANCISCO AUG 5 1857" to folded lettersheet endorsed "Via New York and Havre", carried on Vanderbilts "North Star" to Southampton with London and Calais transit marks, to "Tägerwilen near Constanz", Switzerland, attractive entire

1855 (17. Febr), Napoleon 40c. horizontal strip of six and 10c. brown as single tied by numeral "2845" with adjacent cds. "SAVIGNY-S-ORGE 17 FEVR 55" to cover endorsed "Via Southampton and Pananma by Steamer to San Francisco. With red boxed "PD" and London transit mark and "20" due handstamp, struck in error in San Francisco, carried on RMSP "La Plata" from Southampton to St. Thomas, then by RMSP "Conway" to Colon and carried to California by the PMSC "Golden Gate", both stamps at edge some imperfections, a fine and late use for the 25 decimes per 7,5g. fully-paid rate to California by the Royal Mail Steam Packet

1848, Victoria 2p. blue, horizontal strip of four, touched at bottom right and left, tied by oval grid cancel "12" to folded letter with adjacent "SHIP-LETTER LONDON DE 8 1848" and endorsement "per Private Ship" to Philadelphia with blue "6" cent due octogonal handstamp, minor aging otherwise fine and attractive retaliatory period cover, the ship letter is much scarcer than the usual 1s. packet letter rate

1848, folded letter from "PORT GIBSON AUG 23" with matching "PAID" and "10" handstamp and manuscript "34" alongside, via Liverpool and London to Mount Pleasant near Maidstone with arrival and "1/-" retaliatory due rating, on front with red manuscript "Refused", some aging and edge wear, fine and scarce refused use from Mississippi

1848, small envelope from London with red "SHIP-LETTER LONDON NO 23 1848" and endorsement "by Private Ship" to Middleton, Connecticut with manuscript "8" (pence) and integral "NEW YORK SHIP JAN 28 7cts." alongside, a fine and interesting entire that avoided the retaliation measures by being carried on a private ship, saving the sender 4 cents and the recipient 29 cents

1748 (April 21), part letter sheet from the Massingberg plantations, endorsed "pr Capt. Oike W.G.P" ("Whom God Preserve) to London, arriving in London 15th of April and charged with "5"d., fine

1833, folded letter dated "New Orleans den 2 April 1833" with double-forwarding to Herrnhut, reverse with red Forwarder cachet "FORWARDED BY G.W. SCHMIDT & CO." for the route New Orleans-New York and black cachet "FORWARDED BY H. H. MEIER & Co BREMEN" for the route New York to Bremen, fine

1848, (May 16) folded letter from "ST.P.A. BREMEN 16 5" endorsed "per Washington" via New York to Petersburg, upon arrival charged with "34", a fine and scarce entire from the 5th trip of the Washington

1849, (10 July) folded letter from "BÜNDE 11 7" endorsed "via Bremen" with double-circle "ST.P.A. BREMEN 12 7" and manuscript "29" with red boxed "PAID ALL." alongside, carried on the Ocean Steamer "Hermann", to Baltimore, the paper partly somewhat repaired or stabilized, an attractive and rare letter

Provenance: Arthur Salm (May 1992), lot 163.

1850, (14 Feb.) partly paid folded lettersheet from "HANNOVER 14 Feb" endorsed "Via England and New York per US. Steamer" via "St. P.A. BREMEN" where the red boxed "PAID PART." applied, to St. Louis, upon arrival in New York black integral cds. "NEW YORK 12 MAR 10cts" struck, a fine and scarce entire, signed Kruschel and Carl. H. Lange

1850, (June 12) folded letter from "SCHARMBECK" with manuscript "2" gr. and adjacent straight-line "Paid to Bremen." via "ST.P.A. BREMEN 13 6" to New York with "24" c. handstamp applied, some aging and wear, otherwise fine

1851, (8. Febuary), folded letter from Philadelphia with red provisional octagon rate stamp "PHILA 5 Cts PAID" alongside, endorsed "Germania" via "NEW YORK FEB 13" to Gerlingen, upon arrival red "9 AMERICA ÜBER BREMEN" applied, the recipient charged with "58" kr., fine

1852, (May 11) folded letter from "MÜNSTER 11 5" via. "ST.P.A. BREMEN 13 5" with manuscript mark "5" alongside, and New York with black integral cds. "N-YORK MAY 30 25cts." to Philadelphia, fine

1851, (25 June) folded letter from "MAINHARDT 25 JUN 1851" via "ST.P.A. BREMEN 28 6" with the "Washington" to Virginia, the adressee could not be determined, therefore later returned, various accountancy marks and crayon alongside, the sender was finally charged 1fl 12kr., fine

1852, (23 April) folded letter from "COBURG 23 APR. 1852" endorsed "via Bremen per Steamer" via "St. P.A. BREMEN 27 4"with accountancy mark "7" applied and via New York with black integral cds. "NEW YORK 27 cts. APR 17" to Reading, some minor ageing, otherwise fine 

1852, (18 June) folded letter, paid to Bremen, from "NEW YORK JUN 19" with straight-line "PAID PART" alongside to Herford, upon arrival in Bremen red "AMERICA ÜBER BREMEN" applied and "3" Sgr. taxed in blue and black, some minor aging, otherwise fine

1852, (22. June) folded letter from "WESTBEND JUL 3" endorsed "Germania" via "NEW YORK JUL 7" to Dusslingen, upon arrival in Bremen red two-line "32/9 R AMERICA ÜBER BREMEN" applied, the recipient charged with "41" kr., fine

1852, (5. Aug), folded letter from "PHILADELPHIA AUG 5" with red provisional octagon rate stamp "PHILA 5 Cts PAID" alongside, via New York to Weltzheim, in Bremen erroneously red two line "18/6 AMERICA ÜBER BREMEN" struck, this corrected by two strikes of red two-line "32/9 AMERICA ÜBER BREMEN", recipient charged with "41" kr., fine

1853 (1 March), folded wrapper from "GLASGOW MAR 1 1853" charged with "4/8" and Victoria 1841 1d. red-brown tied by numeral "159", paying the late fee, to San Francisco, adhesives touched, otherwise fine and attractive

1853, (6 July) folded letter from "FRANKFURT 6 JUL 1853" endorsed "per Steamer via Bremen" via "St. P.A. BREMEN 10 7"with accountancy mark "7" applied and via New York with black integral cds. "NEW YORK 27 cts. AUG 4" to Boston, some minor ageing and wear, otherwise fine 

1853, (8. Oct) folded letter from New York with integral cds. "N. YORK U.S. PKt. 14 OCT 8" to Chemnitz, treated as 22¢ letter with 14¢ claim to Bremen, although Saxony had already joined the additional convention about the reduced postal union postage of 2 sgr. Upon arrival in Bremen red two-line "4½/2 Sgr. AMERICA ÜBER BREMEN" applied with red crayon "6 5/10" alongside, a fine and attractive entire

1854, entire letter from Boston via New York, the 'Prussian closed mail', Kopenhagen and Helsingborg to Lund in Sweden, endorsed "fco. Hull" (?), partly faint "NEW-YORK BR. PKT 23", marked "11Sgr." in red crayon and charged "1RBs" upon arrival.

1854, (Jun 17) folded lettersheet from "N.YORK U.S. PKT 9 JUN 17" endorsed "pr. Steamer Hermann" to Berlin, upon arrival red three-line "4½/2 Sgr. AMERICA ÜBER BREMEN" applied and manuscript charge "6½" added, slightly re-folded and some ageing, otherwise fine and scarce entire

1854, (12 Dec.) envelope from "LORCH 12 DEC 1854" endorsed "über Bremen" with blue double-circle "ST.P.A. BREMEN 16 12" to Philadelphia. Upon arrival, the letter was undeliverable and could not be delivered despite notice, with two-line "ADVS 1 Cts" set alongside, so after a little over a year the letter was returned the same way with interegral cds. "N. YORK U.S. Pkt. 22 FEB 13" struck alongside. Later opened for sender identification and closed with vignette "COMMISION FOR RETOUR LETTERS". The consignee was ultimately charged "33" x, opened out for display and same faults as to be expected, a very scarce and attractive entire