382nd Auction

1790 (ca.), Folded entire from Cadiz to Lima, Peru, endorsed in manuscript "Por la Coruña, Buen. Ayres, Aviso", struck on departure with red straightline handstamp "CADIZ" and Coruña transit "ESPAÑA"; a few trivial worm holes on the back only, otherwise very fine and fresh. A very rare entire with the "Aviso" annotation, refering to the transportation via an advice boat

1 Fr. dunkelgrau und 15 Rp. mittelkarminrot, farbfrisch, beides etwas eingeschnitten, sonst voll- bis breitrandig, 1Fr. Unterrandstück, mit sauber auf- und nebengesetztem kleinem "BASEL 5 SEPT 61 4A“ auf Briefkuvert nach Femme Osage, USA, mit nebengesetztem „PD“, "SUISSE ST LOUIS“, Europa Paketboot "Br. Service“ und Ankunftsstempeln "BOSTON PAID 15 SEP 20“. Ein sehr attraktiver Transatlantik-Beleg der Cunard Line mit seltener Destination innerhalb der USA in einwandfreier Erhaltung, Fotoattest Hermann 2016 (Zumstein 24 G, 27 Da)

DESTINATION BAHIA: 1 fr. dunkelgrau und 15 Rp. mittelrotkarmin, beides angeschnitten, mit auf- und nebengesetztem schwarzem Stempel "HERISAU 5 APR 61 1A“ und "PD“ im Kästchen auf Briefvorderseite nach Bahia, Brasilien, Mängel und Beförderungsspuren, sehr seltene Destination, Fotoatteste Hermann und Trüssel (Zumstein 27 D, 24 G)

10 Rp. lebhaftpreußischblau, farbfrisch und allseits voll- bis überrandig mit linkem Bogenrand und Teilen der Nachbarmarken, mit schwarzer eidgenössischer Raute auf Drucksache von Basel, Teil des Einkreis-Stempels "BASEL EXPEDITION“, schöne Einzelfrankatur in einwandfreier Erhaltung, Fotoattest Hermann (2016) (Zumstein 23 E)

"DRY HARBOUR JAMAICA": Very fair strike in black on reverse of a 1845 folded entire to London, adjacent red arrival cds., fully dated inside "15 August 1845", endorsed in manuscript "1½" on the obverse for internal transit, light archival fold, fine and very unusal, an interesting item

COLONIAL PERIOD: 1796, cover front of a registered mail from Cuba to Santander carried by brigantine "La Divina Pastora", with red oval "HAVANA Franco", alongside two-line "ISLAS DE BARLOVENTO", both struck twice, endorsed on the reverse "3 de Septiembre 1796", some usual minor soiling and wrinkles, with large part of the back missing. Earliest ship´s register mail recorded from Cuba to Spain and extremely rare combination of postmarks, ex "Nuevo Mundo"

"ACAJUTLA": very fair strike in black together with straightline handstamp "FRANCA" on a folded entire from Sonsonate to Liverpool, endorsed in manuscript "P. Columbus West India Mail", reverse transit cds. "PANAMA MY22 1861", "LONDON" and arrival "LIVERPOOL 13 JU 61" on front. Archival vertical fold and some slight aging, otherwise fine and very rare

VENEZUELA-SPAIN: 1848, Commercial lettersheet endorsed inside "La Guaira Mayo 21 de 1848" to San Sebastian, Spain, with very fair strikes of the red postmarks "YNDIAS" and "5R" (reales) struck on arrival at Spanish port, unclear red arrival cds. "SAN SEBATIAN" on reverse, some age stains and small tear, still fine and very scarce

1848, Entire lettersheet from Pernambuco, Brasil to Hernut, Saxony, endorsed in manuscript "p. Columbus", landed in Scottland with framed "20 NO 1848 LIVERPOOL SHIP" on reverse (SG-Nr. 14Q), London red transit cds., scarce framed entry mark "AMERICA per ENGLAND" applied in Aachen (V. d. Linden-Nr. 112); slight aging otherwise fine, very scarce

1862/64, group of eleven folded lettersheets from New York to Aix La Chapelle (Aachen), most franked at the double rate with Benjamin Franklin 30 c. orange, other with 20 cents or 21 cents frankings, various endorsements "per Australasian", "P. Africa", etc., diverse cancellations incl. negative Four-Point Star or Barred Circle, all with arrival handstamps; mixed condition, scarce group

1870/72, Group of four covers to Sweden, all with various frankings, incl. a rare usage of the 1869 Pictorial 10 cts. with 2 cts. tied by ring cancel, overpaying the 11 cents rate via North German Union, cover struck in red with the German accountancy mark "Wfr. 1½" (very early example of the newly introduced tariff); some faults but a very unusual assembly