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U.S. Stamps, U.S. and C.S.A. Postal History, Foreign Stamps and Covers continued...

Waterway, Railroad and Transatlantic Mail continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
1295 c Transatlantic Stampless Covers. Collection of 77 covers described and mounted on pages in five volumes, 74 are stampless, two have G.B. 1sh embossed and one has Peru 1d embossed, many to or from New Orleans, a solid representative collection of treaty-rate mail and ship letters, a few from early 1800's but most from 1840's, 50's and 60's incl. "Packet Letter" framed handstamp, Retaliatory Rate, American Packet rate to France, etc., generally Very Fine, a fascinating collection which could form the nucleus for expansion or plenty of $50 to $100 covers for the internet or mail-bid seller

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 E. 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $2,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
1296 c ImageTransatlantic Covers. Four covers, first Batavia N.Y. to Belgium, with red "Batavia N.Y. Jan. 1" circular datestamp and matching "Paid" and "5" handstamps, unusual backstamps incl. "Boston Am. Pkt. Jan. 9" and "Boston Br. Pkt. Jan. 17" circular datestamps, 1855 London and receiving backstamps, framed exchange office handstamp showing division of rate, second British Guiana to Conn, on blue folded printed "Mercantile Intelligencer" of "Demerara, City of Georgetown, July 5, 1850", third Denmark to Minnesota, with neat "Naksov 2 Ost. 3/12" circular datestamp and bold "U.S. Currency/12" handstamp, boxed "Via Tydskland" and Copenhagen backstamps, last Emden to San Francisco on Hannover 1gr entire with blue three-line Hanover datestamp and scarce blue "Hamburg Packet 12/Aug. 18" transit, Very Fine group, ex Starnes (Image) E. 500-750

SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction
1297 c Incoming Ship Rate Covers. Six covers, first three 4c rates, 1795-97, origins incl. Wakefield, London and Hamburg, each with ms. "4", ports of entry incl. New York, Philadelphia and Newport, few faults, all appear Fine-Very Fine, scarce rates, next three covers with one entering at New Orleans to Houston bearing 10c Bank Note, one 5c entire to Azores and forwarded to New Bedford Mass., last bears Mexico 25c stamp tied on cover to Louisiana with "Not Found" handstamp, Fine-Very Fine

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 E. 400-500

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction
1298 c Ship Rate Covers. 1855-63, 23 covers, range of origins incl. England, France, St. Thomas, New South Wales (bearing 6p stamp), range of entry points and rates, few with stamps, few faults, many are Fine-Very Fine, an interesting group

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 E. 750-1,000

SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction
1299 c Forwarded by (J)ames Jones. Clear strike of red two-line handstamp on folded cover to Cape Palmas, (Liberia) West Africa, docketing on back indicates New York origin, light vertical file fold well clear of marking, Very Fine, extremely scarce and desirable use, the recipient, Dr. Thomas S. Savage, graduated from Yale Medical College, was the first missionary sent to Africa under the auspices of the Protestant Episcopal Church, he was in Cape Palmas starting in 1836, returned to America and then came back in 1839 with his new wife, who died of disease in 1842, later he would publish information about a previously unknown variety of mammal, the gorilla -- this forwarding agent marking is unlisted in Rowe

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 E. 500-750

SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction
1300 c Stampless Foreign Mail Forwarders. Four folded letters, incl. perfectly struck blue "Forwarded by Uslar Heymel & Co., Vera Cruz" oval handstamp on letter datelined "Mexico, 19 April 1854" to New York, second with blue "Forwarded by Morrison & Philips, New York" oval handstamp on letter datelined "St. Thomas June 30, 1868" from Danish West Indies to Lanman & Kemp in New York City, (this forwarder unlisted in the Rowe book), third with red "Forwarded by Miller & Houghton, New York" oval handstamp from Puerto Rico to Lanman & Kemp in New York City, datelined "Aguadilla May 1st 1862", (carried outside of the mails), last with red "Forwarded by C. J. Fox, Aspinwall N.G." oval in conjunction with red "Forwarded by Ramon Leon Sanchez, Cartagena N.G." oval handstamp and blue "Albert Matthieu, Cartagena N.G." backstamp on letter datelined "Barranquillo 19 May 1859" from Colombia to Lanman & Kemp in New York City, scarce triple-forwarder use, ex DeVoss, Very Fine-Extremely Fine group

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 E. 500-750

SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction

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