379th Auction
19-24 September 2022 in Wiesbaden
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Condition
6Catalogue no.27,30
1869 (29 Nov), Pictorials 2c. brown and 10c. orange tied by target cancel to orange-buff cover from "NEW BOSTON NOV 69" to Suffolk, possibly carried by the "City of Brussels" or the "Scotia" to Queenstown, it was then sent to Packenham, then Debenham then Stonham with an "arrival" mark of "BURY-ST-EDMUNDS DE 19 69", adhesives small imperfections, but an interesting and attractive cover
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6Catalogue no.31,16
1869 (25 May), Victoria 9p. straw together with 1858 Victoria 1d. red tied by numeral "26" to folded lettersheet endorsed "p Palmyra" to New York with receiver mark, a fine entire with 4d. late fee
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6Catalogue no.31
1869 (16 Jun), Pictorial 12c. green, good color tied by neat strike of fancy cancel Outline 5-Poin Star with adjacent cds. "NEW HAMBURGH JUN 16" to mourning cover with red cds. "NEW YORK PAID ALL JUN 17", carried by the "Palmyra", to Brighton, a very fine and attractive cover showing the "Adriatic" with a fancy cancellation, certificate PF (1997)
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6Catalogue no.28
1869 (24 Dec), Pictorials 3c. blue horizontal strip of four with pen strokes on cover with manuscript despatch "Tebeauville Dec 24" to Colne, via New York and carried by the "Russia" to Queentown, possible the cover stayed on board until she arrived in Liverpool, because the receiver cds. shows "COLNE JA 8 70", adhesive some minor imperfections, very attractive
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6Catalogue no.28
1870 (13 Jun), Pictorials 2c. brown horizontal pair, deep color, tied by quartered cork and cds. "BROOKLINE JUL 13" to small cover via Calais to Paris, "GB/40c" accountancy and "5" decimes due handstamp struck alongside, part of backflap missing, otherwise fine and attractive
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6Catalogue no.39
1875, Lincoln 6c. red with blue grid and matching cds. "MADISON FEB 9" on cover, prepaying the 6 cent under ½ ounce rate, to Dublin, Ireland. Determined to be over ½ ounce subsequently two line "INSUFFICIENTLY PAID" and "6d." applied, that being twice the deficieny, very fine and attractivr
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6Catalogue no.
1848, buff cover from "Alden NY Aug 20" with adjacent manuscript "Paid 10" rating for postage to Boston, carried by Enoch Train's Line of Sailing Ships "Anglo American" from Boston to Liverpool with black "8" pence due handstamp, a scarce and attractive example of retaliatory fee avoidance, some minor wear
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6Catalogue no.18
1868, Washington 3c. rose, horizontal strip of four with cork cancel on Postal stationery envelope 3c. rose endorsed "Europe by french steamer" from "MADISON AUG 17" to Matignon, France, in New York handles as overweight, and thus black straight-line "INSUFFICIENTLY PAID" next "NEW YORK 6 AUG 8" applied, carried with the "St. Laurent" to Brest, charged "16" decimes, some minor toning, otherwise fine and attractive
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6Catalogue no.28,38
1864 (25 Aug.), Victoria 6d. gray-black and 2d. violet tied by illegible grid cancel, reverse shows cds. "SANDHURST 26 AU", to envelope to Maine, via Southampton and London with transit mark "LONDON OC 20" and red "16 cents" credit handstamp, from Londonderry with the "Hibernian" to Quebec, when the cover was bagged to Portland, with corresponding "PORTLAND M AM PKt 5 NOV 18 1864" alongside, by rail. Adhesives some imperfections, lihgt toned spots, otherwise fine and attractive
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6Catalogue no.38
1875, Lincoln 3c. green, two singles tied by New York fancy to envelope, prepaying the 6 cent under ½ ounce rate, to London. Determined to be over ½ ounce subsequently two line "INSUFFICIENTLY PAID" and "6." applied, that being twice the deficieny,
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6Catalogue no.20
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
Condition
6Catalogue no.7,8
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
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6Catalogue no.
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
Condition
6Catalogue no.8,9,11
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
Condition
6Catalogue no.11
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.
Condition
6Catalogue no.10,11
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
Condition
6Catalogue no.23
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
Condition
6Catalogue no.31
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
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6Catalogue no.16,
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
Condition
6Catalogue no.38,41,43
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
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6Catalogue no.
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
Condition
6Catalogue no.12
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
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6Catalogue no.6
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
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6Catalogue no.20,22
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
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6Catalogue no.4
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
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6Catalogue no.
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
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6Catalogue no.
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
Condition
6Catalogue no.
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