384. Auction

(Cole’s) City Despatch Post, 1847, 2c. black on green, “C” at left hand etched on plate, large to very large margins, on folded letter from New York to Kenzingen, Germany, internally dated Williamsburgh, 16 June, 1850,  adhesive cancelled in pencil, effectively “tied” to cover through paper, postmarked New York (Jun 27), sender’s directive “per Havre”, corresponding red “Outre-Mer Le Havre” entry c.d.s. on front (Jul 28), reverse with “Ligne-Du-Havre / 1” (Jul 28) c.d.s. and boxed German railroad transit “E.B. 31 JUL 50 / Cur IV,” adhesive with scrapes and other faults, yet a rare cover, the only recorded example of this Post Office City Despatch sent to a destination outside the United States (“The City Despatch Post 1842-1852 Issues” by Scott R.Trepel, page 23); with 2000 Philatelic Foundation certificate.

½ Neugroschen auf mattgrau, voll- bis breitrandig, mit sauber aufgesetzter Nr. "3" und nebengesetztem Doppelkreisstempel "N.DRESDEN BAHNPOST=EXPED. 5½ Nachm. 26 APR 55" auf komplettem Faltbrief, datiert "New York 10th April 55", mit nebengesetztem Firmenstempel nach Bischofswerder. Ein interessanter 'forwarded'-Brief.

 

½ Neugroschen auf mattgrau, unten rechts minimal berührt, sonst voll- bis breitrandig, mit sauber auf- und nebengesetztem alten Taxis-Einkreisstempel "SCHMÖLLN 25/2" auf Briefhülle nach Altenburg. Eine recht seltene Entwertung.

1847/1932 (ca), mint never hinged/unused and used collection with covers, incl. Newspapers, Fiscals, Philippines and Hawai, many duplicates, good part of the 1869 pictorial issue, some better items like Scott-Nr. R80c with R30c used on 1870 receipt, a fine group of transatlantic mail with scarce red postmark “24/9 Kr. R. AMERICA ÜBER BREMEN”, Blood´s One Cent Despatch, etc., some forgeries noted, mixed condition, an interesting lot in one album

1851/1986 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and mostly used balance of a collection, incl. Officials, Revenues, Locals and Confederate States, strength before the 1940s, with many duplicates, some large multiples and an abundance of eccllectic material, also a few questionable items. Some occasional faults as to be expected, mostly in good and fresh condition, neatly housed in three stockbooks

1847/1946 (ca), unused and used collection, incl. Officials, Newspaper and Post Offices in China, some better items like Scott-Nr. 85B unused (cert. PF), 101 unused without gum, light crease (cert. PF), 122 used (sign. Jakubek BPP), 262 unused (cert. PSE), Officials with some cpl. sets, Newspaper PR83 unused (cert. PF), together with a few covers, some regummed and reperforated noted. Mixed condition, a useful lot

1847/1978, good used and unused/mint never hinged collection with better early values such as Mi.-Nr. 2, 3-7, 12-15, 20-25 used, also Mi.-Nr. 23 on cover, 1869 Pictorial Issue complete and better Zeppelins, 1926 Exhibition sheet etc., a bit mixed quality

1851/1926, mostly used collection with covers and cards incl. Zeppelin covers, without top values, but the early issues with good stamps, neatly in a preprinted album

1947/2012, in the beginning used, from 1970 in the main catalogue numbers mostly complete mint never hinged collection incl. souvenir sheets, booklets and coil stamps, in five hingeless albums

1966/2016 assembly of mint ZIP Code blocks of four, comprising one stock book, significant part of the continuous series, never hinged condition, additionally a selection of newer blocks of four, noted variety of imperf. blocks of four on three of the birds series Scott 4991-4995, a superb lot. 

1974/1981 large selection of mint plate blocks, contained within two thick stock albums, comprising only the special issues, many larger blocks, some duplication, exclusively never hinged, significant catalogue value.

1980/2016 complete mint collection of Coil issues, presented within a large Lindner green leather bound volume, never hinged, many scarcer, including Scott 1891 with plate numbers 1, 3 and 6 in strips of five, extremely rare assembly.  

1994/2016 extensive mint self adhesive collection, comprising four Leuchtturm black albums, presented on the pre-printed album pages, includes corner marginals, blocks, minisheets, strips, many scarcer, mint never hinged, vast array of extremely eye catching material. 

1998/2016 (ca.), about 130 imperforated mnh sheets and unsevered printing sheets of stamps, booklet panes and souvenir sheets

1785/1868, group of nine covers, with 1785 Nantes to Baltimore with “N. York Aug 29” straight-line; 1807 folded letter datelined “Nantz”, to New York, with  “N. Bedford Ms” c.d.s., this an early New Bedford ship use; 1812 stampless letter from Jacmel, Haiti, to Baltimore (stained); 1840 Grand Coteau, Louisiana manuscript cancel on folded letter via New York & Le Havre to Beauvais, France; 1843 Louisville, Ohio manuscript cancel on double-weight stampless letter to Paris; 1847 folded letter from New Orleans to Austria via Boston forwarding agents S.C. Thwing & Co; 1865 cover from San Francisco to Fontainebleu, via New York & Le Havre, franked with 1858 10c. green and 1862 5c. red brown; 1867 New York to Basel, Switzerland stampless cover via Le Havre; and 1868 New Orleans printed circular to France, franked with 15c. black Lincoln single franking; condition mixed with some faults to be expected in places, but several fresh and fine items.

1860/1940 (ca.), accumulation fo several hundred covers and cards, mostly adressed to Europa. Beginning with three frankings of the 1857-60 3 c. rose, one of which on charming illustrated cover “Brandreth House, N.Y.” further 1875 5c c. blue (Scott 179) on cover to Prussia, Scott 226+236 on 1893 Return Receipt cover from San Francisco to Honolulu, 1908 Jamestown Exposition 5 c. blue (Scott 330) on cover per “SS Deutschland” to Zürich, correspondance to stamp dealer Eduard Luder in Switzerland including 1926 registered cover marked “Found in ordinary mail” and registered letter with 1922 Flat Plate 1c. green and 2c red in imperf. blocks of four (Scott 575+577) or 1942 “Service Suspended” cover to unoccupied France. Varied and interesting though in rather mixed condition.

1925/35, collection of 66 “Roesler” airmail covers including better items such  Zeppelin covers (7) including 1929 Meditteranean Flight with German franking, Hydroplane Mail 1925 (1) or Lindbergh cover 1927 as well as some first fligth covers. 

1927/41, collection of some one hundred airmail covers including Trans Pacific Airmail (30), Trans Atlantic Airmail (61) and 9 Lidnbergh flights. 

1862/1960, comprehensive mint never hinged/unused and used collection, starting from the State Revenues and extensively filled with many interesting items like Scott-Nr. R31c, R79a, R83a, R96a, R97a, R99a-c, R102a-c, R129-131, R150, R223 (some of the former repaired or with the usual small faults), followed by many specialties like Proprietary RB 8a-b, Stock Transfer RD 112, RD 207-208, RD 311, Cordials and Wines RE 179, Silver Tax RG 22, etc., also good section of Documentary and Narcotic Tax issues. Mixed condition, with two certificates, a robust assembly, neatly mounted in one album

1932, Los Angeles, fast 60 Briefe und Karten und einige Olympiamarken mit Vorausentwertungen, darunter Sonderstempel und Cachets, viele Schiffsstempel.