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Item # |
Description |
Price |
Picture |
9658 |
#71, F+ sound vertical pair plus fine SE #65, stamps paying a triple
21˘ (63˘) French mail rate to Florence, Tuscany, Italy.
Stamps canceled by black NYFM 11-bar circled grid killers, crayon 36/3
triple British mail credit mark,
red NEW YORK PAID MAR 2 exchange office postmark, French boxed "PD"
and Calais transit. Cover likely traveled on Curnard steamer
"Africa" leaving NYC MAR 2 1864. Cover has a barely visible minor
tear at bottom left, otherwise a VF
intact and attractive cover. |
$425 |
|
9713 |
#71 and #69, fine
sound copies,
paying a double
21˘ (42˘) French Mail rate to Italy,
NEW ORLEANS LA SEP 10 [1866] postmark and red sender's oval hand
stamp, red "NEW PAID YORK 24 SEP 15" 24˘ credit exchange office
postmark and red Calais 27 SEPT 66 entry receiver, partial MILANO 30
SEP back stamp, on external FLS (no content) to Milan. Letter
traveled on Inman Line steamer "City of Boston" arriving Queenstown
24 SEP and Liverpool 25 SEP. Horizontal file fold through address,
otherwise fresh
and VF. |
$250 |
|
9554 |
#75, fine, sound, tied by sharp
strike of large Boston PAID in
barred circle on FLS
to India.
Black "Boston Br. Pkt. Feb 18", blue London transit, and XF
octagonal "Calcutta Steam Letter 1863 APL 14" arrival
back stamps. Rerated "1/5" to "1/4", stamp having partially paid
the British
open mail rate (balance
collect). Cover
traveled via Cunard Line steamer "Europa" departing Boston FEB 18,
arriving Queenstown MAR 3.
Very attractive cover. |
$450 |
|
9525 |
#93, sound, tied by bold wedges killer on VF
intact Le Journal "La Patrie" wrapper with
printed address to Paris, France,
red French due hand stamp, small portion of back missing. |
SOLD |
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9526 |
#115, #96, fine sound copies, tied by two
VF strikes of 4-segment wedge killer with VF
MILWAUKEE WIS. AUG 12 [1869] postmark on clean,
essentially intact cover (small
edge tears at top), with XF
red NEW YORK PAID ALL BR. TRANSIT AUG 17 exchange office postmark,
to Switzerland.
BASEL and LUZERN Swiss receivers on reverse. Cover traveled via
Cunard Line Steamer "Java" departing New York AUG 18, arriving
Queenstown AUG 27. Stamps pay the 15
cent Swiss closed mail via England rate,
an unusual
combination of postage to make up this rate. |
$350$325 |
|
9571 |
#146, fine pair, small corner crease at upper left on left stamp,
tied by red
PHILADELPHIA MAY 2 [1871] postmark and
cork killer on essentially
intact cover to France,
stamps paying the 4˘
open mail paid only to England rate,
oval GB 40c due, French 10c due hand stamp, red London transit and
receiver on reverse. Ex-Emerson. |
$150 |
|
9365 |
#68x2, #73, tiny faults from close edge placement, on VF
FLS to Spain (minor
central file fold), NEW
ORLEANS AUG 16 postmark and
quartered cork killers, blue New Orleans merchant AUG 15 1866 hand
stamp, red NEW PAID YORK AUG 22 18 cent credit exchange office
postmark (Hubbard & Winter #211). Cover sent via closed mail on
Cunard steamer "Java", departing 22 AUG 66, arriving in Queenstown
31 AUG 66. Cover forwarded to France (red
Calais 2 SEPT 66 receiver and boxed PD)
and from there to Igualada, Spain where it received a red
"4R" hand stamp indicating postage due.
Very attractive usage, ex Dr. Burrows. |
SOLD |
|
8979 |
#77, fine, sound,
average, tied by XF
cogwheel geometric on XF
intact small tissue paper 1868 cover to France, VF+
PHILADELPHIA purple exchange postmark,
6˘ credit for carriage by American steamer, blue boxed PD plus
multiple blue, red black French receivers. 2012
PFC. An
extremely attractive and colorful cover.
Ex-Koppersmith. |
$200 |
|
8982 |
#115, VF-XF,
sound,
tied by light HARTFORD,
CT FEB 11 postmark,
red NEW YORK FEB 12 exchange office postmark and LONDON FE 23 70
receiver on VF
intact small cover to England.
This is a premium
6˘ treaty rate '69 issue cover.
Ex-Dewey. |
$225 |
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8889 |
#78, F+ sound copy, canceled by XF SOTN strike of 4 ring target
killer with VF SCHENECTADY N.Y. JUL 26 1867 double ring postmark
on VF intact small cover to England, red N. YORK 3 AM.
PKT. PAID JUL 27 (Hubbard 39) reflecting 3˘ credit to England.
Manuscript "Poste Restante". Carried under contract on HAPAG steamer
Allemania, departing New York Saturday, August 27, arriving
Southampton August 7. A premium quality cover for 24˘ rate mail
to England. |
SOLD |
|
8813 |
#98, #113x2, bottom copy tiny faults, on VF external FLS to Italy,
stamps paying the 19˘ NGU closed mail rate to Italy. NEW ORLEANS,
LA SEP 2 (1869) postmark and red NEW YORK PAID ALL BR TRANSIT
SEP 7 exchange office postmark (Hubbard 122), carried on HAPAG
steamer Saxonia, multiple back stamps.
Scarce and very attractive mixed issue use. |
$400 |
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8854 |
#119, VF,
sound, NEW
ORLEANS, LA. NOV 3 [1869] postmark
on VF
FLS to France,
red NEW PAID YORK NOV 9 3 credit exchange office postmark (Hubbard
206, late use) and boxed PD, blue Cherbourg NOV 20 receiver. Carried
on HAPAG steamer "Cimbria". 2008
PFC,
"Genuine usage". Scott catalog $800. A
beautiful, premium example of the 15˘ rate to France. |
SOLD |
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8855 |
#163, #161, #157 (stamps with small faults), red Boston DEC 8 [1875]
exchange office postmark, paying very
scarce, short lived 27˘ British mail rate via Southampton (effective
7/75-8/76, manuscript 'via "Liverpool"') to Port
Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope.
Cover front bears red London receiver, red crayon "110" credit (22˘
credit in centimes per GPU/UPU regulations), and JA 21 76 CAPETOWN
CAPE COLONY receiver, and JA 24 76 Port Elizabeth receiver on back.
Cover has mild horizontal bend through address and small edge tear
at top, but is still VF
intact and attractive. |
SOLD |
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8482 |
#216, fine, sound, Richmond,
VA MAR 25 90 postmark and
ellipse killer on VF
intact cover to England, forwarded to SMYRNA, (now İzmir), on the
Aegean coast, Anatolia, Ottoman Empire.
VF hotel, London, and Smyrna receivers on reverse. |
$30$25 |
|
8275 |
#179, #183, F+ sound copies, on intact #U166 entire, three
VF-XF strikes of letter "H" killer of San Francisco, CA (Whitfield
5794), MAR 6 postmark on VF
intact cover to Germany, senders
1879 dated back stamp and JEVER 27 3 79 receiver. Very
attractive. |
$85 |
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8011 |
#U143, VF
unsealed 2˘ orange entire on cream,
NEW ORLEANS. LA., JUL 12 postmark and VF-XF
strike of intense black "arrows" crossroad killer,
an unsealed
foreign mail circular rate to Gladbach, Prussia (Germany).
Blue oval JUL 10 1880 sender back stamp. |
$45 |
|
7936 |
#150 vertical pair, #146, fine sound copies, paying 22˘
American Packet rate to Lima, Peru on intact
cover,
VF Portchester, N.Y., JUL 29 postmark, bold
red New York, 12, Jul 30 exchange office credit mark,
1872 docketing. Opening tear at top crosses postmark, still a VF
cover. |
$250 |
|
7939 |
#151, #136 grill, sound F-VF stamps tied by two strikes of quartered
cork killer, EAST
JAFFREY, NH,
AUG 13 (1871) postmark, red NY AUG 15 exchange mark on cover
to Göttingen, Germany,
neatly opened top and at left. Scarce franking for 1˘
convenience overpay of double 7˘ direct rate.
Cover carried by Hapag Line Thuringia from
New York Aug. 15 to Hamburg arriving Aug. 28, Aug. 29 arrival back
stamp. |
$275$250 |
|
7940 |
#135 grill, #159, rounded corner, tied by target killers, RESERVE,
N.Y.,
MAY 11 postmark, VF
red NEW YORK PAID ALL VIA HAMBURG, MAY 13 exchange office mark (Winter
255a, scarce) on VF
intact cover and 8˘ rate to Switzerland via Hamburg,
XF BASEL 5 27 75 receiver on back. Cover carried by Hapag Line Cimbria from
New York on May 13 to Hamburg arriving May 26. |
$250 |
|
7755 |
#161, fine, sound, tied by an XF
strike of fancy geometric killer (very
similar to Whitfield 4228, unattributed, 1861 issues), SYRACUSE,
NY, AUG 24 (1874) postmark,
red New York PAID exchange office postmark, and blue 7 SEPT 74 HAVRE
French receiver on intact
cover paying
American Packet Direct rate to
France.
The letter was sent to forwarding agent Munroe & Co., Paris, and apparently
forwarded to Russia.
The cover is docketed "Rec'd Sept. 12 1874, St. Petersburg" at left.
Attractive and scarce usage. |
$60 |
|
7733 |
#159, fine, #157x2, VF sound, paying
the NGU direct rate to Constantinople, Turkey on VF intact cover (back
flap torn and resealed) postmarked Middleborough, MA, APR 21 (ca. 1874),
part of the Washburne correspondence. Cover bears a red NEW YORK PAID
ALL, AUG 22 exchange office postmark, New
York red crayon "4" for 4˘ credit to Germany and German red crayon “Wf
2" (weiterfranco, "foreign postage") corrected to "1˝” (1˝
sgr. for postage beyond German frontier), and German Post (9.10) arrival
back stamp. A
scarce destination and rate and a very attractive cover. |
SOLD |
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7679 |
#230, fine, tied by LOS ANGELES, CA, JUN 17,1893 postmark and ellipse
killer on wrapper to PRAGUE, AUSTRIA (now Czech Republic), 2 different black
and red Prague receivers on back,
blue crayon deficiency rating. |
$60$55 |
|
7644 |
#158, fine strip of 4, canceled by two
strikes of large, solid 6-point star Philadelphia, PA foreign mail
killer (unlisted)
paying a double
rate to England,
red 13 MY 74 London receiver on intact insurance company corner
advertising envelope. |
$35 |
|
7636 |
#158x2, fair-fine copies, overpaying by 1˘ the 5˘ UPU rate to
France,
canceled by a F-VF
strike of negative "76" year date killer, MATTAPOISETT, MA, AUG 17
postmark on VF intact cover,
small tear at right. Attractive use of a patriotic killer to a foreign
destination. |
$65$60 |
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7651 |
#205, F-VF, sound, tied by an XF-superb
SOTN strike of negative letter K within triangle within circular grid
fancy killer, JACKSONVILLE, IL, MAY 19 postmark on
intact cover to
Sweden,
docketed "Rec'd June 3rd 84". This killer is unlisted in major
references, but there are several
other letter K killers known from Jacksonville, all most likely
attributable to Charles Kent, postal clerk.
I have handled one other cover from this same correspondence bearing
this particular K killer postmarked May 23. An
obviously rare fancy cancel.
Cover with some toning along right cover edge |
$125 |
|
7475 |
#117, fine, sound, tied by cork grid killer, WORCESTER,
MASS., SEP 20 postmark, paying double the 6˘ treaty rate to England on intact
cover,
red New York SEP 21 exchange office postmark and 2 red London 4 OCT 69 receivers
on front. Minor corner toning from previous mounting. |
$195$175 |
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7145 |
#UX5, VF, with fine #156 paying UPU
card rate to Gera, Germany.
Stamp and card bear two
XF strikes of negative numeral 5 killer
(Whifield 6566) with SAVANNAH, GA, JAN 1 (1876) postmark.
Red NEW YORK TRANSIT, JAN 5 and GERA receiver on front. Interesting and
attractive. |
$100$90 |
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