380th Auction

1859, CANADA: Cartier 10p. blue, fresh color, good margins on three sides, tied by pen cross to folded letter with matching "SOUTH-ZORRA AP 16 1859" alongside, to Wigton, England with red "PAID LIVERPOOL BR. PACKER 2 MY 59" alongside, attractive and scarce entire

1859, EUROPA: 3 pence dull red, diagonally bisected with 6 pence olive-yellow, bisected slightly touched, tied by grid to folded letter dated "Lancester Mills Sep 17 1859" to Hull with arrrival mark, bisect pen stroke reduced, otherwise fine and scarce

1859, EUROPA: Jefferson 5c. brown and Washington 10c. green, each as vertical strip of three tied by cds. "NEW ORLEANS OCT 24" to triple weight folded lettersheet to Paris with red integral "NEW YORK PAID NOV 1 36" alongside, adhesives some short/missing perfs, still fine appearing and an impressive triple-rate franking

1860, ASIA: Washington 3c. red, two horizontal pairs and 12c. black tied by cds. "WASHINGTON 23 MAR" resp. "PAID LIVERPOOL BR. PACKET AP 60" to envelope to Leeds with red "19" credit handstamp alongside, adhesive minor imperfections, otherwise fine

1861, AFRICA: Washington 12c. black, two horizontal pairs, tied by grid to envelope with matching cds. "FALL RIVER AUG 13 1861" alongside to Leeds, also red "38" credit handstamp alongside, backflap missing, otherwise an attractive and scarce double-rate usage just before demonetization

1862, ASIA: Victoria 1d. red, horizontal strip of six, cancelled on board by barred "A92" of Queenstown, on small envelope from Halifax to Tunbridge Wells, re-directed to Dover and then Deal, two adhesives with faults, otherwise fine

1863, AFRICA: Victoria 2d. blue, horizontal pair and two singles and 4d. brownish-red, tied by barred numeral to folded letter to New York with red "5 CENTS" credit handstamp alongside, vertical fold through one adhesive, 4d. small corner fault, otherwise fine

1863, ARABIA: 4d. brownish-red, 6d. violet and 1sh. green tied by numeral "15" to registered folded lettersheet with boxed "LOMBARD STREET REGISTERED LETTER" and crowned "REGISTERED" alongside to Philadelphia, paying ½oz rate, 6d. registration fee and 4d. late fee, upon arrival red integral "PHILADELPHIA SEP 18 24" struck, debiting the UK 24  instead of 11 cents, fine

1863, SCOTIA: Jackson 2c. and Washington 10c., pair and two singles, tied by cork cancel with adjacent cds. "SAN FRANCISCO DEC 28" to small envelope to York, England with red "N. YORK BR. PKT JAN 27 PAID 19" and "PAID LIVERPOOL BR. PAKET" alongside, 2c. adhesives some blunted perfs due to being applied over edge, otherwise fine

1864, CHINA: Jefferson 5c. brown, Washington 10c. green and Franklin 30c. orange, tied by grid to envelope with matching cds. "WASHINGTON DEC 12" to Sydney, New South Wales, red "N. YORK BR. PKt. DEC 14 Paid", London transit and magenta manuscript "40" credit alongside, reverse with clear strike of "SHIP-LETTER-SYDNEY E FE 14 1865", 30c. tear at bottom, 5c. small flaws due to placement near the edge of the cover, otherwise very fine and colorful franking

1864, PERSIA: Victoria 2d. blue, three blocks of six and single and 4d. brownish-red, horizontal pair and two singles, tied by barred numeral "174" with matching cds. "DINGLE OC 18 64" to large part of registered coverfront to Boston, adhesives partly affixed around the envelope, thus some adhesives with larger faults, however a stunning large franking paying the 2oz rate plus registration fee. According to the Karl Louis card register of Great Britain this is the largest franking of this stamp.

1865, AFRICA: Franklin 1c. blue horizontal pair and two horizontal pairs Washington 10c. green tied by circle of wedges to folded letter to Neuchatel, Switzerland, red "NEW YORK PAID 36" and british transit marks alongside, few slightly blunt perfs and one stamp 10c. toned perf, otherwise fine

1866, CHINA: Lincoln 15c. black and Franklin 30c. orange tied by grid to envelope with cds. "SALEM NOV 6" alongside to Zanzibar, endorsed "via Marseilles" and "care Adumally Sultanally, Esq., Merchant, Bombay", red "BOSTON BR. PKT. 7 NOV 40" credit handstamp and crayon "1" British colonial credit alongside, reverse with transit "BOMBAY DE 24", a fine and scarce entire. Albert P. Goodhue, the recipient of this cover, was a ship chandler and businessman from Salem, Massachusetts, who likely had a connection to Benjamin Goodhue, a commercial merchant and politician from the same area. Benjamin served in the state senate and later as a representative in the first U.S. congress, and played a significant role in shaping the country's revenue laws. His son, Jonathan, was also a successful commercial merchant.
 

1865, PERSIA: Washington 3. rose and 12c. black and Franklin 30c. orange tied by black target cancels and partly cds. "NEW ORLEANS AUG 26" to folded letter to Tonneins, France with red "NEW YORK ... PAID 36" marking alongside, hardly perceptiblehorizontal fold through adhesives, otherwise fine

1867, JAVA: Washington 3c. rose and 24c. grey tied cds. "BALTIMORE AUG 14 1867" resp. blue target cancel to small envelope to Brussels, Belgium with red "BOSTON BR. PKT  16 AUG 7 PAID" alongside, adhesives with minor imperfections, otherwise fine and attractive entire

1868, AUSTRALASIAN: Washington 24c. grey tied by red quartered cork cancel to folded letter endorsed "p. Australasie Private" to Liverpool with "NEW YORK PAID ALL MAR 11" and red boxed "SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL" alongside, fine and attractive supplemantary mail usage

1868, CHINA: Victoria 1d. red, two singles and 6d. violet with wing margin, tied by duplex "CHARNING-CROSS AU 8 68" to envelope to New York with red "NEW YORK PAID ALL AUG 18" alongside, stamps some imperfections due to being applied at edge, otherwise fine

1868, PALMYRA: Maiden Voyage, Victoria 3d. rose, three vertical pairs, tied by duplex "BELFAST FE 1 68" to folded letter to Boston, vertical fold through one pair and some other minor imperfections, otherwise fine and attractive multiple-franking

1868, RUSSIA: Victoria 10sh. red-brown tied by numeral "466" with adjacent "REGISTERED LIVERPOOL SP 4 68" to registered cover endorsed "per Russia" to Hillsdale, Michigan with red "NEW YORK PAID ALL BR. PKt. SEP 15" alongside, adhesive slightly toned, otherwise fine

1869, JAVA: Pictorial Issue 2c. brown, four singles and horizontal pair tied by large segmented cork cancels to envelope to London, with "PHILA. Direct" cds. and London arrival alongside, considerable cover wear with small hole and tear affecting stamp, cleaned and improved to good appearance, scarce usage of 2c. stamps to prepay the 12c. rate

1928/2017, mint never hinged, unused and used stock French and Spanish Andorra.

1850/1980 (ca.), ungebrauchter/postfrischer und gestempelter Lagerbestand 1850/1976 mit besseren und kpl. Ausgaben in drei Alben, dabei u.a. Mi.-Nr. 468-87 postfrisch, Mi.Nr. 545-50 postfrisch und Mi. Nr. 555A postfrisch und 2x mit SST auf Briefstücken, dazu weitere Alben und Steckkarten mit Material

1918/72, in den Hauptnummern bis auf Block 1 über weite Strecken kpl. ungebrauchte/postfrische Sammlung inkl. Portomarken mit vielen besseren und kpl. Ausgaben, dabei u.a. Mi.-Nr. 588 postfrisch (FA Soecknick BPP), Mi.-Nr. 693-96II postfrisch (sign. Weihs mit Befund), Mi.-Nr. 772-75B aus Kleinbogen-Ecken und P 132-158 postfrisch, im modernen Bereich zusätzlich einige gestempelte Werte und FDC, wenige entfalzt bzw. mit Neugummi, sonst sauber auf Vordruckblättern

1945/2001, in den Hauptnummer kpl. postfrische Sammlung mit Mi.-Nr.  Va-Vd (sign.), Mi.-Nr. 693-96 und Mi.-Nr. 772-75B, sauber in zwei Vordruck-Alben

1945/2022, postfrischer, ungebrauchter und gestempelter Bestand mit etwas UNO-Wien, dabei Kleinbogen, Blocks, Krypto-Marken etc., hoher EURO-Nominalwert, in 2 Kartons.

1879/1918, kleiner, ungebrauchter/postfrischer und gestempelter Bestand mit bessren und kpl. Ausgaben, Einheiten usw., dazu Doubletten und ein altes Auswahlheft

1850/2013, mint never hinged, unused and used stock, including sheets, stamp booklets etc.

1849/2022, mint never hinged, unused and used holding, including souvenir sheets, miniature sheets, very many stamp booklets etc., huge face value of mint stamps, in 4 boxes.

1969/2022, mostly mint stock in bags with emphasis on the souvenir sheets from 2003 onwards, otherwise mostly in blocks of four or larger multiples

1840/2022, mostly mint stock, plus the Channel Islands Guernsey, Alderney, Isle of Man and Jersey, including miniature sheets, many souvenir sheets, hundreds of stamp booklets, in 3 boxes.

1912/2013, mint never hinged, unused and used stock, including souvenir sheets, stamp booklets, Turkish Cyprus etc.

1886/2013, mint never hinged, unused and used stock, including souvenir sheets, miniature sheets, stamp booklets, etc.

1885/2015, mint never hinged, unused and used stock, including souvenir sheets and miniature sheets.

1896/2012, mint never hinged, unused and used stock, including souvenir sheets, stamp booklets etc.

1922/2015, mint never hinged, unused and used stock, including souvenir sheets, miniature sheets, stamp booklets etc.

1945/2016, mint never hinged, unused and used stock, including souvenir sheets, stamp booklets etc.