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1870, 10¢ brown. Horizontal pair, rich color, tied by quartered corks duplexed with "Yokohama, Japan, Nov 22" cds on 1871 gray folded cover to Milan, Italy, red "New York Paid All, Dec 27" exchange cds, endorsed "Via America" at top left, carried transatlantic by NDL Line Deautschland from New York Dec. 28th to Southampton arriving Jan. 7th, Milan (1.10) arrival backstamp; some tone spots mostly on reverse, Very Fine. Scott No. 150; Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
A SCARCE U.S. POSTAL AGENCY IN JAPAN USE TO ITALY.
This cover was prepaid 20¢ for the 10¢ per ½ oz. transpacific rate plus 10¢ for the 10¢ per ½ oz. Italian Closed mail rate effective March 1, 1870. Est. $2,000-3,000 (Image)
Est. $2,000-3,000
Opening US$ 1,900.00
Closed..Dec-11-2019, 16:04:26 EST
Sold For 0
1893-98 Issues
Sale No: 90
Lot No: 222
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Cat No: 292
1898, Trans-Miss., $1 black. Used with 1¢, 4¢, 8¢ and 10¢ Trans-Miss. (285 pair, 287, 289 two, 290) and 6¢ Bureau (271), all tied or cancelled by large "R" cancellation, purple "R, Manila" framed registry handstamp, purple "No. 1, Philippine Isls, San Francisco, Cal. Registered. May 29, 1899" double-circle datestamp on registered reduced greenish linen-lined cover front to Bremen, Germany, red crayon "5"; small erosion hole at center not mentioned on cert, Very Fine and rare high-value use, with 2019 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 292; Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED $1 TRANS-MISSISSIPPI USAGES FROM THE PHILIPPINES.
The only other recorded Dollar Value Trans-Mississippi Issue use from the Philippines is an Apr. 7th 1899 Philippines registered use to Germany bearing 1¢ #279 strip of three, 5¢ #288 and $1 #292. Est. $2,000-3,000 (Image)
Est. $2,000-3,000
Opening US$ 6,750.00
Sold...US$ 6,750.00
Closed..Dec-11-2019, 16:23:14 EST
Sold For 6750
Airmail to Postage Due Issues
Sale No: 90
Lot No: 273
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Anzac Clipper to Honolulu, Dec. 7, 1941 -- The Day of Infamy. Red and blue "Via Airmail" cover with Foreign Missions Department corner card bearing 1¢ green (552), 17¢ Harding (623) 12¢ and 20¢ Presidentials (817, 825) paying the 50¢ per half ounce rate, tied by "Springfield Mo. Dec 2, 1941" duplex datestamps to Baguio, Philippine Islands, carried on the Anzac Clipper from San Francisco on December 6th to Honolulu arriving during the morning of the Pearl Harbor attacks, the flight was less than an hour away from Honolulu when word of the attacks was radioed and it was then diverted to Hilo, reverse with "RELEASED/BY I.C.B." (Information Control Branch) that has been cross out and "147" Hawaii censorship examiner backstamps struck across the sealing tape, aged as usual, Honolulu "Returned to Writer" hand handstamp struck on front and back; minor cover wrinkling, Very Fine. Estimate; $4,000 - 6,000.
A HISTORIC FLIGHT COVER FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO HONOLULU ON THE ANZAC CLIPPER, ARRIVING IN HAWAII LATE ENOUGH ON DECEMBER 7, 1941 FOR DIVERSION TO HILO AS THE BOMBS FELL.
Ken Lawrence has written extensively on WWII postal history and the Pearl Harbor Day flight of the Anzac Clipper. In his Linn's article, "International airmail covers recall the 'Day of Infamy' ", he writes how the Pan American Airways FAM 14 Anzac Clipper, a Boeing B-314A flying boat, registration No. NC 18611 had taken took off from San Francisco late on the afternoon of December 5 but experienced mechanical trouble 400 miles out and had to return for repairs. "After being repaired, she had been rescheduled to leave at 2 p.m. California time on Dec. 6, but the veteran pilot, Capt. H. Lanier Turner, had been granted a brief postponement of the departure time, about half an hour, so he could attend his daughter's first piano recital at Oakland. At 8 a.m. the next morning, Anzac Clipper was less than an hour away from Honolulu when its radio officer received a coded flash warning that Pearl Harbor was under Japanese air attack. Turner's providentially late departure from San Francisco had delayed his approach just long enough to have kept his vulnerable aircraft out of harms way. Turner's "Plan A" secret instructions in the event of war rerouted Anzac Clipper to Hilo, 220 miles southwest of the combat zone. Gen. Walter C. Short, the military governor of Hawaii, had immediately declared martial law in the islands and had ordered the newly created Information Control Board, headquartered beside the Honolulu post office, to open and examine all transit and outbound civil mail."
The Anzac Clipper's mail was forwarded from Hilo to Honolulu for censorship, denoted by the handstamped RELEASED BY I.C.B. 147 marking in black ink over the cellophane tape seal on the cover offered here. Mail to destinations in Hawaii was delivered, while flights farther west ceased. Mail to Japanese-occupied places was of course returned to sender, as was the case with the cover offered here. Mail to other places was rerouted for transatlantic transport to the destinations. Est. $4,000-6,000 (Image)
Est. $4,000-6,000
Opening US$ 6,500.00
Sold...US$ 6,500.00
Closed..Dec-11-2019, 17:05:19 EST
Sold For 6500
Offices in China
Sale No: 90
Lot No: 280
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Cat No: 247+249+258
Shanghai, China, "R". Red Shanghai Local Post circular handstamp on registered cover to Kansas City Mo., franked with 1894, 1¢ ultramarine + 2¢ carmine lake, horizontal pair + 10¢ dark green tied by "U.S. Postal Agency, Shanghai, Mar 9, 95" duplex postmarks, reverse with "Customs, Shanghai, Mar 9, 1895" cds and San Francisco transit date stamp; cover with lightened central toned spot, Very Fine. Scott No. 247+249+258; Estimate $6,000 - 8,000.
AN EXTREMELY RARE USAGE OF THE SHANGHAI LOCAL POST CIRCULAR REGISTRY MARKING. Est. $6,000-8,000 (Image)
Est. $6,000-8,000
Opening US$ 10,000.00
Sold...US$ 10,000.00
Closed..Dec-11-2019, 17:10:24 EST
Sold For 10000
Sale No: 90
Lot No: 281
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Cat No: FX-SH1a
"Shanghai, China" Registry Exchange Label. Red on white registry exchange label with red Gothic "R" & handstamp "4181" number, on registered wrapper to Neuweier, Germany, franked with 1898, 6¢ lake + 15¢ olive green + 1901, 13¢ purple black neatly tied by Shanghai segmented grid handstamps, blue "U.S. Postal Agency - Reg Div, Shanghai, China, Nov 27, 1903" oval date stamp with New York registry exchange etiquette alongside, reverse with San Francisco and New York transit date stamps; wrapper with a couple small tears at lower right and 13¢ with natural s.e., Very Fine,ex-Fisher. Scott No. FX-SH1a; Estimate $7,500 - 10,000.
A RARE SHANGHAI REGISTRY LABEL USE ON A WRAPPER WITH THE BRIGHT BLUE SHANGHAI REGISTRY DIVISION OVAL TO GERMANY - AN EXTRAORDINARY REGISTERED USAGE.
A on cover example of this rare Shanghai registry exchange etiquette in combination with the blue Shanghai registry division oval date stamp to the U.S. was sold in our 2018 Sescal sale for $12,000 hammer. Est. $7,500-10,000 (Image)
Est. $7,500-10,000
Opening US$ 7,500.00
Sold...US$ 7,500.00
Closed..Dec-11-2019, 17:10:59 EST
Sold For 7500
Sale No: 90
Lot No: 282
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Received, Jun 13, U.S. Postal Agency, Shanghai, China. Purple 4-line date stamp on incoming Philippines 1¢ green entire locally addressed canceled with "Manila, P.I., May 21" duplex, forwarded to Shanghai with Philippines 1899, 1¢ green (226) tied by duplex killer paying the postage due and "Manila, P.I., Jun 2" forwarding cds at right, reverse with Shanghai Local Post cds's of June 7th and 13th, entire returned to sender with red "Dead Letter Office, Manila, P.I., Aug 10, 1906" backstamp, Very Fine, an interesting usage bear this rare U.S. Postal Agency receiving handstamp. Estimate; $1,500 - 2,000. Est. $1,500-2,000 (Image)
Est. $1,500-2,000
Opening US$ 1,150.00
Closed..Dec-11-2019, 17:11:29 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 90
Lot No: 283
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Cat No: 300+303+319
U.S. Postal Agency, Shanghai, China, May 1, 1907. Purple 4-line date stamp tying 1901-03, 1¢ green, two singles + 2¢ carmine + 4¢ brown, two singles on corner card cover to Hannover, Germany, reverse with San Francisco and New York transit date stamps and N.Y. registry exchange etiquette applied on front, receiving backstamps; 1¢ & 2¢ at top with s.e.'s, Very Fine, a very rare registered date stamp from the U.S. Postal Agency in Shanghai, China. Scott No. 300+303+319; Estimate $1,500 - 2,000. Est. $1,500-2,000 (Image)
Est. $1,500-2,000
Opening US$ 1,800.00
Sold...US$ 1,800.00
Closed..Dec-11-2019, 17:12:23 EST
Sold For 1800
Philippines
Sale No: 90
Lot No: 349
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Philippines, Free Philippines Guerrilla Postal Service, 1943, 2c blue. Three singles, all tied by two strikes of purple "Esperanza, Agusan, Philippines, M.O.B., Dec 5, 1943" cds on air mail cover from Commander C. Parsons to Mr. & Mrs. Chas. F. Williams at San Francisco Cal., Very Fine and very rare use of this private WWII military issue. Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.
THE ONLY RECORDED TRIPLE-FRANKED USE OF THE FREE PHILIPPINES GUERRILLA POSTAL SERVICE 2C BLUE.
With only 500 stamps were issued and 36 covers known, this cover is the only known triple franking usage. All known uses are from military men. This cover was sent from Col. Charles Parsons, who was a party leader in the Allied Intelligence Bureau.
President Manuel Quezon ordered the printing of the two centavos blue for use between Guerilla units in the Free Philippines for the identification and other purposes. Due to Japanese pressure in all areas, the plan was not carried out and only Mindanao was able to use it. Est. $1,000-1,500 (Image)
Est. $1,000-1,500
Opening US$ 3,750.00
Sold...US$ 3,750.00
Closed..Dec-11-2019, 17:48:36 EST
Sold For 3750
Sale No: 90
Lot No: 350
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Cat No: 353a
Philippines, 1925, 10p deep green. Left margin single, large target cancels, full even margins with wide sheet selvage, deep rich color, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, with 2007 P.F. certificate Graded (VF-XF 85). Scott No. 353a; $2,950.
AN EXCEPTIONAL SHEET MARGIN EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 1925 10 PESO DEEP GREEN LAMBERT IMPERFORATE ISSUE. Scott $2,950 (Image)
Scott $2,950
Opening US$ 1,450.00
Sold...US$ 1,450.00
Closed..Dec-11-2019, 17:49:04 EST
Sold For 1450
Trans Continental Railroad Covers
Sale No: 90
Lot No: 144
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Cat No: 116
Boston Mass., Oct 23. Two strikes of cds duplexed with segmented cork cancel tie two 10¢ Yellow (116) singles, strong colors, on blue 1869 Pierce correspondence folded letter to Manila, Philippines in care of Thomas Hunt, Hong Kong, endorsed "Via California", carried transpacific by PMSS America from San Francisco Nov. 4th to Hong Kong arriving Dec. 9th, reverse with "Hong Kong C DE 9 69" transit backstamp, forwarded privately by Thomas Hunt & Co. to Manila, docketed as received Dec. 18th; right stamp with small tears, Very Fine and exceptional use,ex-Walske. Estimate; $5,000 - 7,500.
THE ONLY EXAMPLE FROM THE "MANILA FIND" TO BEAR ONLY THE 1869 ISSUE AND ONE OF TWO ROUTED THROUGH SAN FRANCISCO.
Cover was prepaid two-times the 10¢ transpacific rate per ½ ounce to Hong Kong. Est. $5,000-7,500 (Image)
