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Worldwide Stamps and Covers Foreign Mails - 1773 to 1852
Sale No: 88
Lot No: 554
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1773 (July 7) Dublin, Ireland to Albany, N.Y. Folded letter with brown "7/Jy" Bishop mark on reverse and additional New York straight line with matching "4 Se" Franklin mark, front with "1¼oz" weight notation, "2/6" rating crossed out and re-rated "7N6" with "10/3" totalled due rating at left, letter regarding obtaining a captain's commission; small repaired cover tear at top, otherwise Very Fine, a very scarce early transatlantic usage. Estimate; $1,500 - 2,000. Est. $1,500-2,000 (Image)
Est. $1,500-2,000
Opening US$ 1,450.00
Closed..Oct-04-2019, 17:22:37 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 88
Lot No: 565
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1848 U.S. Mail Steamship Company Broadside. A scarce advertisement by New Orleans agent James R. Jennings announcing the "New Arrangement" of the U.S. Mail Steamship Co.'s "New Orleans, Havana, Key West, Charleston, New York and Aspinwall Line", notes steamships of Empire City and Cherokee will form the semi-monthly line between New Orleans and New York with a stop at Havana; Isabel will connect at Havana to Charleston and Key West; the Philadelphia and Falcon will form the direct line from New Orleans to Aspinwall; some edge flaws and light aging, Very Fine and scarce broadside. Estimate; $500 - 750.
U.S. Mail Steamship Company was a company formed in 1848 by George Law, Marshall O. Roberts and Bowes R. McIlvaine to assume the contract to carry the U. S. mails from New York City, with stops in New Orleans and Havana, to the Isthmus of Panama for delivery in California. The company had the SS Ohio and the SS Georgia built in 1848, and with the purchased SS Falcon in early 1849 carried the first passengers by steamship to Chagres, on the east coast of the Isthmus of Panama. Soon the rapid transit time the steamship lines and the trans isthumus passage made possible when the California Gold Rush began made it a very profitable company.
When in 1850 the Pacific Mail Steamship Company established a competing line to the U.S. Mail Steamship Company between New York City and Chagres, George Law placed an opposition Pacific Line of steamers (SS Antelope, SS Columbus, SS Isthumus, SS Republic) in the Pacific running from Panama to San Francisco. In April, 1851, the rivalry was ended when an agreement was made between the companies, the U.S. Mail Steamship Company purchased the Pacific Mail steamers on the Atlantic side (SS Crescent City, SS Empire City, SS Philadelphia), and George Law sold his ships and new line to the Pacific Mail. Law went into partnership with William Henry Aspinwall to develop the Panama Railroad in 1852.
The U.S. Mail Steamship Company only operated for 11 years. On the expiration of the mail contract in 1859 the company withdrew from the business. Its directors were said to be more interested in immediate financial returns than in providing a good service, so there was little public regret at its passing. Est. $500-750 (Image)
Est. $500-750
Opening US$ 525.00
Sold...US$ 525.00
Closed..Oct-04-2019, 17:27:06 EST
Sold For 525
Sale No: 88
Lot No: 571
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1851 (Jul. 31) San Francisco, Cal. to London, England. Folded letter with red "San Francisco Cal. 1 Aug" cds and matching "Paid" and "25" rating handstamps, carried by Cunard Line Asia from New York Sep. 10 to Liverpool arriving Sep. 21, New York red "19" credit to G.B., red London (9.22) arrival cds, light soiling, F.-V.F., one of only three recorded examples of this 25¢ error rate, ex-Winter. Estimate; $1,500 - 2,000.
Letter carried by Pacific Mail Steamship Co. "Oregon" from San Francisco to Panama City and by U.S. Mail Steamship Co. "Georgia" from Chagres to New York. When new U.S. rates went into effect on 1 July 1851, the San Francisco postmaster incorrectly assumed the new west coast rate to the U.K. was 25¢ (6¢ cross country plus 19¢ transatlantic fees) instead of the actual rate of 29¢. He used a "25" handstamp which existed at San Francisco. The 25¢ rate was in effect only two months before word reached him that his was rating the letters incorrectly. Est. $1,500-2,000 (Image)
Est. $1,500-2,000
Opening US$ 1,500.00
Sold...US$ 1,500.00
Closed..Oct-04-2019, 17:29:04 EST
Sold For 1500
Sale No: 88
Lot No: 572
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1852 (Feb. 18) San Francisco Cal. to Manchester, England. Folded cover with red "San Francisco Cal. 18 Feb" cds with matching "Paid" and "29" rate handstamps, red "19" credit handstamp to G.B., carried by Cunard Line America from Boston Mar. 17 to Liverpool arriving Mar. 29, red Liverpool (3.29) cds, Manchester (3.30) arrival backstamp, Very Fine, very few examples of the "29" rate marking have been recorded, ex-Winter. Estimate; $400 - 600.
Letter carried by Pacific Mail Steamship Co. steamer "Panama" from San Francisco to Panama City and by U.S. Mail Steamship Co. steamer "El Dorado" from Chagres to New York. Under U.S.-G.B. Convention, U.S. internal portion of total rate from West Coast was 10¢ from 1 July 1851, or 5¢ more than other locations in the U.S. Est. $400-600 (Image)
Est. $400-600
Opening US$ 450.00
Sold...US$ 450.00
Closed..Oct-04-2019, 17:29:21 EST
Sold For 450
Sale No: 88
Lot No: 576
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1852 (Oct. 1) San Francisco Cal. to Bordeaux, France. Blue folded letter with blue "San Francisco Cal. 1 Oct" cds and matching "Paid" and "26" rating handstamps, carried by Collins Line Baltic from New York Oct. 30th to Liverpool arriving Nov. 10th, red London (11.11) transit and red French (11.12) entry cds, French black "8" décimes due handstamp, reverse with Paris (11.12) and Bordeaux (11.13) arrival cds, Very Fine and earliest recorded strike of the rare blue "26" rating handstamp,ex-Winter. Estimate; $250 - 350.
One of only four recorded San Francisco blue "26" rating handstamp usages, blue was used only from Oct. 1st to Nov. 16th 1852. Letter was carried from San Francisco by PMSSC "Tennessee" to Panama City, then by USMSSC "Georgia" from Aspinwall to New York. Est. $250-350 (Image)
