H.R. Harmer GPN, Inc. Sale

Steamship "Great Britain" Collection, 33 items mounted on exhibit pages, begins with 1846 illustrated lettersheet showing her original six-mast design, August 1845 maiden return voyage folded letter from New York to London, 1846 New Orleans to London via New York, August 1852 maiden voyage to Australia folded letter from Worksop to Melbourne with 1sh Green (ex-Ward), November 1852 Melbourne to Sydney with Victoria 2p Yellow brown, January 1853 maiden return voyage Melbourne to England with NSW 3p Sydney View, October 1853 Melbourne to London second return voyage with Victoria 3p Blue (ex-Ashby), November 1853 Sydney to England second return voyage with NSW 3p Queen Victoria, April 1854 London to Sydney franked 1sh underpaying the NSW ship letter rate on scrapped Great Britain voyage (Louis certificate stating that this franking of 1848 10p Brown and two 1854 1p Red is unique),October 1854 Melbourne to Scotland third return voyage with Victoria 1sh Blue (ex-Moreton), October 1854 Melbourne to New Brunswick with Victoria 1sh Blue (ex-Tabeart), May 1857 Sydney to England with two NSW 6p Gray, May 1857 Melbourne to London registered letter with two Victoria 6p Yellow orange and 1sh Rose & blue (ex-Moreton), May 1857 Melbourne to England with Victoria 6p Orange "woodblock" and red "Paid 22 Au 57 Liverpool Ship" handstamp (only used on this voyage), May 1857 Melbourne to Ireland with strip of three Victoria 2p Victoria on Throne, two May 1857 covers from Adelaide to Scotland with South Australia adhesives, May 1861 Victoria to England with Victoria 6p Blue, and more, generally very fine, an extraordinary collection documenting the history of this steamship during her service to both the United States and Australia, replicating this group would be exceedingly difficult (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18) (Image 19) (Image 20) (Image 21)

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SOLD for $6,000.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jul-18, 03:10 PM

1496

Steamship Great Western Collection, approximately 123 items on exhibit pages, all identified by voyage, an incredible array of uses and markings including several Philadelphia freight money letters, "Steam Boat" handstamp on cover to Albany, Penny Black used with "Exeter Py Post" and "Fore Street Hill Penny Post" handstamps, "Harnden's Express from Boston" handstamp, oval "PL" (Paid Late), two letters referring to the loss of theColumbia in 1843, forwarder's handstamps including"Maze Bristol", "Gilpin's Exchange Reading Room and Foreign Letter Office N. York", "Meyer & Hupeden New York", "George Hart New-York", "Harnden & Co's Foreign Letter Office Phila.", "Meyer & Stucken New York", and "Hale's For. Letr. Office New York", generally fine to very fine, an extraordinary lot documenting the early history of this significant vessel, viewing a necessity as words cannot accurately convey just how many scarce and interesting items are here

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SOLD for $3,000.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jul-18, 03:11 PM

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1497

SS Great Western South America and West Indies Service Collection, extraordinary collection of 39 covers on exhibit pages, begins with August 1847 Havana to London maiden return voyage, May 1848 Trinidad to New York treated as 6c ship letter, February 1849 Havana to London with scarce "42" accounting mark, June 1849 Belize to England, January 1850 Bermuda to Scotland mixed with letters from Havana and incorrectly charged the foreign West Indies rate, June 1851 France to Martinique with French adhesives, two July 1852 Barbados to Philadelphia with 10c and 20c steamship due handstamps, several Brazil to Portugal, 1855 Liverpool to Buenos Aires wrapper with newspaper handstamp, and more, generally fine to very fine, very nearly every cover in this collection could be mentioned in this description and a close inspection is required to fully appreciate this collection, an incredible group detailing the later years of this remarkable vessel

SOLD for $2,000.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jul-18, 03:12 PM

Transatlantic Mail

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1498

Havre Line Collection, 15 covers on exhibit pages, ships including Arago,Franklin including 1854 Chicago to Scotland with scarce "24" handstamp,Fulton including 1866 New York to London (third voyage after Civil War),Humboldtincluding 1853 New York to Switzerland, andUnion including 1855 New York to Antwerp with "U.S. Pkt." handstamp, generally fine to very fine

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SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jul-18, 03:12 PM

1499

Ocean Line Collection, 15 covers on exhibit pages including 1851 Washington from Philadelphia to Bremen with "Phila. Paid 24Cts." handstamp corrected to "21" and straightline "Part Paid", 1855Washington from Pennsylvania to Bremen with "24/9 KrR America Uber Bremen", 1856Washington to Florence with two 1c, three 3c, and 10c stamps (faulty), two Prussian Closed Mail covers by Hermann, 1853Hermann London to New York with circular "Too Late G.P.O.", and more, generally fine to very fine

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SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jul-18, 03:13 PM

1500

Red Star Line Collection, 33 covers on exhibit pages, ships including Birmingham,Constellation,Hercules,John Jay,John Wells,Manhattan,Meteor,Panthea,Sheffield,St. Andrew,Stephen Whitney, Sylvanus Jenkins,United States,Virginian,Waterloo, andWilliam Byrnes, mostly dating to the 1820s and 1830s but a few later, generally fine to very fine (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18) (Image 19) (Image 20) (Image 21) (Image 22)

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SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jul-18, 03:14 PM

1501

Red Swallowtail Line Collection, 18 items on exhibit pages, most dating to the 1830s and 1840s, ships includingGladiator,Independence,London, Mediator,Ontario,Quebec,Samson,St. James, andWellington, generally fine to very fine, an interesting group of this relatively small line (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13)

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1502

Union, Second, and Old Lines, 45 covers mounted on exhibit pages, ships including Union LineUtica,Henry IV, Burgundy,Ville de Lyon, Poland, Sully, Charles Carroll, Francis Depau, Rhone, Baltimore, Zurich, Francois Premier, and Formosa;Old Line Iowa, Duchesse D'Orleans, Charlemagne, Havre I, and Sully; andSecond Line Howard, Marmion, Erie, Bayard, Normandie, Don Quixote, France, Oneida, and St. Nicholas, as well as several unknown ships, generally fine to very fine, many scarce trips and vessels as a number of these lines and ships were short-lived, a wonderful group for the specialist in early transatlantic mail

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1503

Transatlantic Mail Collection to 1840s, approximately 59 covers mounted on exhibit pages covering a wide variety of lines and vessels, including Red Swallowtail, Red Star, Black Ball, Dramatic, Blue Swallowtail, and more, a number of freight money letters including several quadruple-rate, several covers from Enoch Train's White Diamond Line, New Line'sRochester and Queen of the West, Black Star'sJacob A. Westervelt, and more, generally very fine and accompanied by incredibly useful write-ups, a fantastic group of material detailing the rise of transatlantic mail across the 1820s to 1840s

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SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jul-18, 03:15 PM

1504

Anglo-American Postal War 1847/50 Collection, approximately 80 covers on various exhibit pages and dealer cards, largely telling the story of the escalating postal tensions between the United States and Great Britain from the Discriminatory Period, the Retaliatory Period, the Restored Rates, and the Treaty Period, impossible to mention everything but we noteAugust 16, 1848 England to New York by Ocean'sWashington franked with strip of three GB 2p Blue;December 2, 1848 Liverpool to Boston by Cunard's Niagaraon penultimate westbound retaliatory rate voyage;January 3, 1849 folded letter Constantinople to Philadelphia via Liverpool (by Cunard'sNiagara);February 13, 1849 Tarboro, North Carolina to Scotland via Boston and Liverpool, carried on first Treaty Rate voyage of Cunard'sNiagara;March 22, 1849 Le Havre to Portland, Maine byHermann on her first Treaty Rate voyage (ex-White); andAugust 12, 1849 Baltimore to Amsterdam byCambria (ex-Winter); although not entirely organized this group presents a wonderful opportunity to learn about this fascinating period of Anglo-American relations and the development of fast and reliable transatlantic mail, a useful group worth a close inspection

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SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jul-18, 03:16 PM

1505

Transatlantic Mail Collection 1850/1914, approximately 156 covers on variety of different exhibit pages and dealer cards, incredible variety of material with highlights including (in no particular order): 1864 Jersey to Philadelphia by Cunard'sAfrica, 1864 folded letter Torquay to Wisconsin with contents about possible conscription of a British national to serve in the Union army, US 1869 6c on cover to Ireland, various 1p printed circular rates, 1857 folded letter to London with "Phila. Am. Pkt. 21", 1843 folded letter to London viaHibernia with "Boston" straightline, two 1896 covers Dorking to Fiji, 1874 and 1894 covers England to Honolulu, 1852 Glasgow to San Francisco and 1857 Paris to San Francisco, 1852 San Jose, California to France, 1886Oregon wreck cover with post office label, better Cunard Line material, and much more, this is a fascinating array of material that didn't make it into Mr. Booth's main exhibit collections but is still largely written up and ideal for continuation or breakdown for resale, viewing a necessity as there's much more than meets the eye

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SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jul-18, 03:17 PM

1506

United States Supplementary Mail Collection, 21 covers ranging from the 1880s/1920s, includes cancellation types F and G, better frankings including, 3c and 5c Bureau Issues on 2c Columbian entire, 10c Columbian adhesive, 10c Columbian entire, 15c Bureau Issue on 5c entire, 5c Trans-Mississippi on 5c entire, 5c Pan-American on 5c entire, and more, generally fine to very fine, a wonderful group of these scarce covers on Graham Booth's exhibit pages (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12)

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SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jul-18, 03:18 PM

1507

Transatlantic Printed Matter Collection, 10 items on exhibit pages including 1842 prices current from New Orleans to Paris via New York forwarding agent and British Queen, 1854 prices current from Liverpool to Boston with two 1sh Green paying letter rate and late fee, 1868 printed circular from Baltimore to England with United States 2c Black, 1868 tobacco circular to Kentucky with Great Britain 2p Blue, and more (latest dated 1896), generally fine to very fine, an interesting group (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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SOLD for $230.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jul-18, 03:19 PM

1508

United States 2c Stamps on International Printed Matter, group of five items including three prices current from Boston to New Brunswick franked with 2c Black Jacks, wrapper from Buffalo to Scotland with 2c Black Jack, and printed circular from New York to Scotland with 2c Pictorial, generally very fine, a scarce group

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1509

Transatlantic Registered Mail Collection 1860/1937, binder with approximately 88 items mostly written up on exhibit pages, we note 1864 England to New York with "New York Post Office Advertised" and "Cannot be Found" handstamps (ex-Cropp), 1866 Westminster to New York marked "Not Called For" (ex-White), 1875 Dublin to Wisconsin via Boston and New York (ex-Bedell), 1897 England to Philadelphia with five 1p Inland Revenue (accepted for postage), several philatelically-inspired stationery entires, non-British frankings include US two 15c Columbians on cover to Austria, 1872 Toronto to England with 2c and five 6c Small Queens (ex-Montgomery), several Canada 5c Green registry stamps, also Newfoundland and Mexico, generally fine to very fine, an interesting and attractive group that wonderfully illustrates the evolution of transatlantic registered mail over the course of the late 19th Century (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18) (Image 19) (Image 20) (Image 21) (Image 22) (Image 23)

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SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jul-18, 03:20 PM

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