383rd Auction

1857, Washington 3 c. dull red, Type III, tied by four-ring cancel with adjacent cds. "RANDOLPH 13 JUN NY" to patriotic envelope to the Broadway Hotel in Cincinnati, Ohio, colourfull illustration with canon, flag and slogan "If any attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot.", 3 c. a few pulled perfs, still a fine and appealing usage

3 c. ultramarine, tied to to fancy cover with print of a dove 'carrying' the address, from "POSTVILLE N.Y. DEC. 8", to West Clarksville. Very fine and most attractive.

1869, Pictorial 15 c. brown/blue, Type II, tied by mute bars circle to an envelope to France with red cds. "BOSTON 30 NOV PAID", "PD" and blue entry cds. "ET.-UNIS 13 DEC 69", one trivial toned perf., some small envelope faults due to the fragile pelure nature of the paper, still fine, sign. and certificate Bühler (1981)

1869, 90 c. carmine/black, used, fine

1870/71, 1 c. blue, tied by blue cork to postcard 1 c. brown, from "LOUISVILLE MAY 15"(1874) to Germany, early use

1861, Washington 3 c. rose and Jackson 2c. black, two singles each, on 1863 advertising cover from Philadelphia to Guatemala, dated 22 October 1863, tied by two strikes of the Philadelphia datestamp and two grid cancels in black, with part New York Packet mark dated 24 October in red, addressed to "Hon. E. O. Crosby", President Lincoln's Ambassador in Guatemala, the cover was taken on an American steamer at the letter rate of 10c per oz.; horizontal filing crease, horizontal filing crease not affecting stamps, some acid ink erosion and stained, rare cover, being the only known example franked with US 2c black Jacks to Guatemala.  
 
 

1861, Jefferson 5 c. buff, fresh colours, tied by circular grid "PAID" on folded entire to Calcutta, reverse departure and London transit cds., arrival boxed "CALCUTTA STEAMLETTER 1862 JUL 28", one short perf., still a fine, attractive and scarce franking from the Goddard correspondence 

1861, Jefferson 5 c. red brown, fresh colours, tied by large barred circle "PAID" to folded entire from the Goddard correspondence to Calcutta, India, reverse cds. "BOSTON JAN 21", transit and arrival cds. "CALCUTTA MA 3 1863", 5 c. one short perf at base, the fragile entire with some hinge reinforcement, otherwise a fine and very scarce single franking to India, certificate Philatelic Foundation (1973)

1893, Columbus 1 $. salmon, tied by oval cds. "NEW YORK R" on registered 5 c. postal stationery to Germany, departure, transit and arrival cds. "PYMONT 22.8.97" on reverse, fine

1893, 3 $. yellow green, used with oval cds. "NEW YORK REG", fine, signed Jakubek BPP

1926, White Plains 2 c. carmine rose, cpl. souvenir sheet tied by cds. "NEW YORK OCT 1926" to registered airmail cover to Los Angeles, reverse cds. "NEW YORK (Int"l Philatelic Exhibition Sta.) OCT 23 1926" and arrival, fine and scarce early usage during the first week of the exibition

1930, Graf Zeppelin 65c. -2,60$, tied by machine cancel to Zeppelincard resp. Zeppelincover to Wien resp. New York, some minor againg, otherwise fine

1930, Graf Zeppelin 1,30$, tied by machine cancel to Zeppelincover "Südamerikafahrt" to Lörrach, fine

1912, George Washington 2 c. and Benjamin Franklin 10 c. with oval cancellation "NEW YORK N.J." on registered cover "Ozean-Brief" with sender address cancel "Kaiser Wilhelm der Große" on reverse to San Francisco with arrival mark from 30-9.12. The envelope vertical foldet and file holes at left closed, otherwise fine

1925, Theodore Roosevelt 5 c. and Grover Cleveland 12 c. with mude cancel "NEW YORK C" on registered preprinted cover "OCEAN LETTER" of "Marconi International Marine Communication" with sender note "SS Majestic" and complete letter to Baltimore with arrival mark from 18.8.1925. The cover with a small opening defect at the top left, otherwise fine

1929, Woodrow Wilson 17 c. with oval mude mark "NEW YORK" on registered preprindet cover "RADIO BREV" with senders note "S/S Oscar II" to Broklyn with arrival mark from 26.6.1929. The cover with slight traces of transportation and slightly shortened on the left side, otherwise fine, till now only a few letters outside Denmark are known

1893, Columbian Exposition, 10 unused illustrated 1 c. postcards by Charles Goldsmith, series N°1 with designs one to ten, very fine

1851, Eagle 1 c. blue and Washington 3 c. dull red, the later cissor´s cut at bottom right and right frame touched, tied together by faint cds. "PHILADELPHIA DEC 28" to small envelope to Delafield, Winsconsin, 1 c. with typical red star cancel. A very fine and scarce usage

1939, Christmas Seal National Tuberculosos Association, complete imperforated sheet of 100 with the center 4 being special vignettes, signed by the artist "Rockwell Kent", reverse with numeral "51". One hundred imperforated sheet have been printed, two of which have been given to each state, with corresponding letter of confirmation from the Nation Tuberculosos Associates dated February 15, 1940

1913, Columbus Stationery Card 1 c. green/black, fresh colour, perforated with special two-line "SPECIMEN A.B.N.Co." together with red overprint "F6235" at top,; very fine, a very rare specialist item

1894, "COMITÉ INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIQUE", embossed vignette in blue & white, unmounted mint, very fine    

1911, official postcard "COMITE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIQUE" written by Pierre de Coubertin with his signature "..en hate P.C.", from "GSTAAD 5.III.11" to Maurice Pottecher (competed in the 1912 games in Literature) at Paris. Very rare and most attractive.    

30 Fr., epreuve d'artiste in orange-brown with artist's signature 'R. Serres', very fine

30 Fr., epreuve d'artiste in red with artist's signature 'R. Serres'

 Pierre de Coubertin, nice lot with epreuve de luxe, maximum cards, Haiti 1939 FDC, etc.

1896, official envelope with the return address of the Secretary-General of the Greek Olympic Committee, used locally from "ATHENS 29 MAR. 1896" (4th day of the games)  with adjacent violet cachet. Little roughly opened, otherwise fine and fresh. A rare item.     

1896, Greek Olympic Committee newspaper wrapper (open on three sides), used locally from "ATHENS 3 APR. 1896" (last day of the games) with adjacent red cachet. Very fine and rare.   

1896, Greek Olympic Committee newspaper wrapper (open on three sides), used locally from "ATHENS 1 APR. 1896" (8th day of the games) with adjacent violet cachet. Very fine and rare.  

Olympic issue 1 l. – 10 dr., unused with original gum, fine/ very fine    

1 l. – 10 dr., complete set with Athens cancellations during the Games

1 l. – 10 dr., complete set with Athens cancellations during the Games

1 l. – 10 dr., except 2 l. and 10 l. complete set with Piräus cancellations during the Games

1 l., 5 copies, tied by c.d.s. "ATHENS 1/15 APR. 1897" to printed matter wrapper to New York, with arrival mark. Small transportation marks, otherwise very fine. Rare printed matter to overseas.    

1 l., 2 l.(2), 5 l. and 20 l. (rounded corner), tied by c.d.s. "ATHENS 29 MAR 1896"(5th day of the games), two decorative envelope of the 'Hotel Grande Bretagne' to England with arrival mark's. backflap missing, otherwise fine. A rare non-philatelic usage during the games.

1 l.(2), 2 l.(4) and 5 l.(2) and 10 l., tied by "LAURION 6 AYT 96" to envelope to France with transit- and arrival marks. Very fine. 

1 l. with seven copies 2 l. and 10 l., tied by c.d.s. "ATHENS 7/ 1 APR. 1896" (8th day of the games) to decorative commercial envelope to France, with arrival mark. Fine and rare non-philatelic usage during the games to abroad.