United States Cacheted Covers Hand-Painted: Karl Lewis
Sale No: 5161
Lot No: 5027
Symbol: C
Cat No: Hiye-Maru 1934.06.
Hiye-Maru Seapost Nippon cover: 1934 (June 7) to New York, With a Sea Post Nippon Scenic Datestamp 5½ months earlier than known.JP 34:6, p. 286, cites Nov. 23, 1934, as the date this Scenic Datestamp was introduced, but this cover bears two crystal-clear strikes dated 7.6./1934! Four definitives on a torii-and-cherry blossoms cachet with printed inscription and blue "To US" handstamp. Reverse with typed "C-1." and ") N (", and double-framed square kan handstamp across flap. Opened at top. An exciting earliest known usage of the datestamp., Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $260
Opening US$ 175.00
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Sale No: 5161
Lot No: 5028
Symbol: C
Cat No: Hiye-Maru 1934.08.
Hiye-Maru Seapost Nippon cover: 1934 (Aug. 2) to Oklahoma, A second early usage of the Hiye-Maru's Sea Post Nippon Scenic Datestamp, this one 3½ months prior to the date listed in current literature. Two clear 2.8/1934-dated strikes tie the three definitives to the typed-inscription house-on-a-bluff cachet, with blue "To US" handstamp at far top at left. Typed "C-4." and ") N (" on back, with flap (since opened) sealed by vertical kan handstamp. Light overall toning, but a nice cover nonetheless., Nearly Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $210
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Sale No: 5161
Lot No: 5029
Symbol: C
Cat No: Hiye-Maru 1934.09.
Hiye-Maru Seapost Nippon cover: 1934 (Sept. 20) to New York, Yet a third early date for the Hiye-Maru's Sea Post Nippon Scenic Datestamp, used two months prior to its known introduction. Cachet depicts a torii between trees with Mt. Fuji, sun and ship in background. Typed inscription, blue "To US" handstamp, and two solid 20.9/1934-dated cancels. "C-4." and ") N (" typed on reverse, the flap sealed by a vertical kan handstamp. Opened at top, with the filler (included) part of a wrapper sent to Lewis from London (?), carrying his partial typed name and address., Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $210
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Sale No: 5161
Lot No: 5030
Symbol: C
Cat No: Hiye-Maru 1935.08.
Hiye-Maru Seapost Nippon cover: 1935 (Aug. 1) to Kentucky,An all-commemorative franking, comprising 3s and 6s Red Cross issues plus a 1½s Enthronement of Emperor Hirohito, thus overpaying the international rate by ½s. The three stamps are tied by two 1.8/1935-dated ship's Sea Post Nippon Scenic Datestamps, with blue "To US" handstamp at left. Cachet, with printed inscription, is of a building overlooking the sea. Combination noted as "C-5." typed, with "Sp'l" added manuscript in blue ink below. Typed ") N (" remarque, toothed horizontal oval kan handstamp across flap in blue, and circled "44" handstamp in black round out the markings on the back. Opened right. A nice commemorative-only complement to your standard definitives-franked covers., Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $190
Opening US$ 110.00
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Sale No: 5161
Lot No: 5031
Symbol: C
Cat No: Hiye-Maru 1937.01.
Hiye-Maru Seapost Nippon cover: 1937 (Jan. 1) to Washington, The final "darkened sun" cover we have, on what should have been a bright and cheerful New Year's Day cover. Cachet of building overlooking the ocean, with printed inscription, blue "To US" handstamp and four-color franking tied by 1 1./1937-dated Sea Post Nippon Scenic Datestamp. Combination "C-3." typed on reverse, with both ") N (" and thick-character negative kan handstamped in blue. Opened at top. A pretty cover., Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $155
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Sale No: 5161
Lot No: 5032
Symbol: C
Cat No: Fujiyama 1936.07.10
Fujiyama: 1936 (July 10) to California (?), A first day of the year cancellation, on an apparently hand-made window envelope! The cachet (Type II) is scarce enough, with only 36 recorded, but this is the only example we have seen, in person or in the literature, on a window envelope. Our first thought was that a client sent the envelope in, or that Lewis reused one he had on hand (they say he was frugal), but a closer look reveals that the window opening is uneven, the imprints from Lewis' typewriter only show on the inside back of the envelope—and there are a comma and period typed on the envelope front at the far right of the window—all pointing to Lewis, having made an error, cutting out the offending address and creating his own window envelope (he was frugal!). The cover is over-franked with 10½s postage, tied by two nice 11.7.10 Fuji Scenic Datestamps, with the usual "To US" handstamp at left. Combination notation "C-25." and handstamped ") N (" on reverse, along with horizontal double-oval kan handstamp, the handstamps turning to black from blue. Opened along flap. For all of 1936, only 15 covers are recorded from five posting dates., Very Fine, An absolute one-of-a-kind. (Image)
Suggested Bid $245
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Sale No: 5161
Lot No: 5036
Symbol: C
Cat No: SS President Grant
American Mail Liner, SS President Grant: 1937 (Dec. 19) to Missouri, A 20s franking, on cachet depicting a walled building and tree overlooking the ocean with Mt. Fuji and sun in the background. The three stamps (including a 16s Airmail), are tied by two strikes of the President Grant's EAST U.S.T.P. Sea Post duplex. Blue "To US" as usual. Combination notation "C-12. N." typed on backflap, with ") N (" and horizontal oval genkan seal handstamped in blue. Opened at top. A nice example of a later cover., Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $155
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Sale No: 5161
Lot No: 5040
Symbol: C
Cat No: SS President Taft
Dollar Steamship Liner, SS President Taft: 1934 (Mar. 27) WEST to the Philippines, A scarce U.S.T.P. Sea Post WEST postal marking, on a cachet depicting two trees on land in the foreground with birds, ship, Mt. Fuji and sun behind. Typed inscription notes "to Manila, P. I.," with each stamp receiving an S.S. Pres. Taft "MAR/27/1934/WEST" duplex. Reverse bears typed "C-6." notation, " N " (in quotation marks), toothed oval kan handstamp across flap, plus straightline "APR 5- 1934" personal handstamp receiver. Light foxing on reverse. A nice Yokohama-to-Manila piece., Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $155
Opening US$ 90.00
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Sale No: 5161
Lot No: 5043
Symbol: C
Cat No: Yokosuka 1933.10.13
Yokosuka: 1933 (Oct. 13) to Arizona, A great early uncacheted cover bearing an envelope-wide five-color, six-stamp franking—and the first of only two covers known, the other dated Dec. 27, 1933 (JP 70:6, pp. 341-342). The stamps, totaling 10s, are tied by three crisp strikes of the Yokosuka Scenic Datestamp, with a blue "To US" handstamp at lower left. Typed on the backflap are the combination notation "C - 7 .", opening remarque of "N.", and the letter-spaced inscription "YOKOSUKA./JAPAN./_ _ _", the flap tied by one of our favorite handstamps, a toothed oval kan. Cover very cleanly opened at left. One for the album, if just for the franking! Very Fine. (Image)
