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Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions, LLC Sale: 5169

Postal History
Cacheted Covers
Hand-Painted: Karl Lewis
Sale No: 5169
Lot No: 6025
Symbol: C
Cat No: Nov. 8

image Navy Mess Hall: sent 1909 (Nov. 8) to Missouri from Canton, One of a set of satirical drawings Lewis published (his logo on reverse at upper left), depicting life aboard a US Navy vessel. This shows the mess hall, with crew members eating, brawling, laughing at a comrade who's fallen in the cat's milk dish…and one with gleeful murder in mind. Posted to Missouri, franked by a 4¢ Hong Kong King Edward VII tied by a Canton/NO 8/09 c.d.s. The nearly invisible penciled message on the picture side reads, "This is some of the Navy life at sea. #1 [the figure in the milk dish] that's me." A card as tough as hardtack., Very Fine, though with a light smudge away from cartoon. (Image)

Suggested Bid $62

Opening US$ 50.00
Sold...US$ 50.00


Closed..May-15-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 50

Sale No: 5169
Lot No: 6026
Symbol: C
Cat No: Asamu-Maru 1933.01

image Asamu-Maru I.J. Seapost cover: 1933 (Jan. 20) to Pennsylvania, Uncacheted, each of the three definitives tied by a clear strike of the ship's I.J. Sea Post Scenic Datestamp dated 20.1.1933. Unusual directional marking at lower left, reading only Beikoku ("America"), lacking the standard third character yuki ("To"). Reverse with typed "C-4." combination notation; no opening remarque, with flap sealed by perfectly struck double-framed square kan handstamp. Receiving date and "cat 48" penciled on reverse. Cleanly opened at top with filler (the back of another envelope with a handwritten note in Japanese) still enclosed. Mailed just six months after the Scenic Datestamp was introduced., Very Fine. (Image)

Suggested Bid $44

Opening US$ 36.00
Sold...US$ 36.00


Closed..May-15-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 36

Sale No: 5169
Lot No: 6027
Symbol: C
Cat No: Chichibu-Maru 1933

image Chichibu-Maru I.J. Seapost covers: 1933 (Feb. 22 & Apr. 21) to the US, A pair of uncacheted covers, February to New York with "C-3." noted, April to Connecticut bearing a "C-1." combination. Both with typed inscription at top and blue "To US" handstamp at lower left. Stamps on each tied by ship's Sea Post Datestamp. February cover without opening instruction and flap sealed by cut-out of musician; April with "Open this" penciled in and flap sealed by horizontal double-framed oval kan handstamp., Very Fine. (Image)

Suggested Bid $69

Opening US$ 69.00
Sold...US$ 69.00


Closed..May-15-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 69

Sale No: 5169
Lot No: 6028
Symbol: C
Cat No: Heian-Maru 1933.01

image Heian-Maru I.J. Seapost cover: 1933 (Jan. 24) to Pennsylvania, An uncacheted cover, with typed inscription and four stamps canceled by two bold strikes of the Heian-Maru's I.J. Sea Post Scenic Datestamp. This cover bears a second example of the erroneous Beikoku-only handstamp in blue at lower left. Typed "C-3." combination on reverse without opening remarque. Double-framed horizontal oval kan seals the flap. Cleanly opened at top, with "2-8-33" receiving date penciled at lower right back., Very Fine. (Image)

Suggested Bid $44

Opening US$ 36.00
Sold...US$ 36.00


Closed..May-15-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 36

Sale No: 5169
Lot No: 6029
Symbol: C
Cat No: Hikawa-Maru 1932.0

image Hikawa-Maru I.J. Seapost cover: 1932 (Aug. 11) to Massachusetts, An uncacheted early cover, with the four definitives making up the 10s postage tied by three neat ship Scenic Datestamps. In place of the standard "To US" handstamp, a vertical kan handstamp is placed on the front, the backflap sealed by a cut-out portrait of a woman looking at a nighttime city scene. Combination "C-1" noted in manuscript at upper left of flap as usual. Light toning at very top edge of the envelope, but otherwise clean., Very Fine. (Image)

Suggested Bid $44

Opening US$ 36.00
Sold...US$ 36.00


Closed..May-15-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 36

Sale No: 5169
Lot No: 6030
Symbol: C
Cat No: Hiye-Maru 1932.09.

image Hiye-Maru I.J. Seapost cover: 1932 (Sept. 8) to New York, An uncacheted cover franked by three definitives, each tied by a legible Hiye-Maru I.J. Sea Post Scenic Datestamp dated 8.9./1932. No "To US" handstamp. Reverse with "C-5" and "DO NOT OPEN", both manuscript in pencil, with a vertical kan handstamp sealing the flap. Addressed to one of Lewis' earliest cover customers, Harry G. Avery, in Buffalo. Opened cleanly at right. Penciled "S" on face at lower left supposedly means "a first voyage" (see Lot 2285), but the Hiye-Maru was launched in 1930, and her Scenic Datestamp was introduced June 16, 1932. Perhaps this was the first sailing for which Lewis obtained a cancel? Note the typed inscription omits the ship's name. One for further research., Very Fine. (Image)

Suggested Bid $44

Opening US$ 36.00
Sold...US$ 36.00


Closed..May-15-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 36

Sale No: 5169
Lot No: 6031
Symbol: C
Cat No: Imperial Japanese Seapost

image Imperial Japanese Seapost, 1933: Group of six ships' covers, All early, uncacheted covers to various customers in the US, mailed between Feb. 23, 1933 (Hiye-Maru) and Nov. 9, 1933 (Asama-Maru). Each cover bears a different combination number on reverse (Asama-Maru: C-4, Chichibu-Maru: C-2, Heian-Maru: C-1, Hikawa-Maru: C-5, Hiye-Maru: C-15, and Tatusuta-Maru: C-3), with the Asama-Maru's number typed at top center of the backflap (where the opening remarque is usually found) with a simple "N." typed further down the flap. Some with opening remarques, some without; five different handstamped seals across the flaps. All opened. The Chichibu-Maru is toned, but a great grouping of these early covers., Very Fine as a whole. (Image)

Suggested Bid $165

Opening US$ 165.00
Sold...US$ 165.00


Closed..May-15-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 165

Sale No: 5169
Lot No: 6032
Symbol: C
Cat No: Johannesburg, South Afric

image Johannesburg, South Africa: 1934 (Oct. 24) to California, An unreported early uncacheted cover, pre-dating those listed in JP 68:5 (p. 299) by 8½ months. The 3d postage, comprising two South Africa stamps (one in Afrikaans with "Official" overprint, the other in English), plus one each from Natal and Cape of Good Hope, is tied to the cover by two strikes of a wavy-line "Johannesburg/OCT24/1934" roller cancel. Reverse with only Lewis' typed ") N (" remarque. A great item just as Lewis was moving to cacheted covers., Very Fine. (Image)

Suggested Bid $80

Opening US$ 45.00
Sold...US$ 45.00


Closed..May-15-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 45

Printed
Sale No: 5169
Lot No: 6033
Symbol: C
Cat No: 906

image 1942, 5¢ Chinese Resistance FDC (Scott 906), Coulthard cachet, unaddressed. Immaculate, Very Fine.
Mellone 906-4. (Image)

Suggested Bid $21

Opening US$ 21.00
Sold...US$ 21.00


Closed..May-15-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 21
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