Sale No: 777
Lot No: 1422
Symbol: C
Cat No: 8 Nov.
ESTADOS UNIDOS. 1780 (8 Nov.). SPAIN - GREAT BRITAIN WAR. PENSACOLA (Florida) 1779-1781. Entire letter with an important text of historical contents written by a french military in the service of the Spanish Army, telling about the vicissitudes of the Military Campaign in Florida. Letter sent from HABANA to FRANCE, circulated by french ship, arrival mark COL. PAR L´ORIENT and taxed ´18´. EXTREMELY RARE letter from Cuba on the XVIII century and probably being the earliest known addressed to another country other than Spain. NOTE: In 1778 the US Expedition against Pensacola commanded by colonel Willing was rejected by the British Army. In 1779 Spain went to war against England and in the Pensacola Battle (March-May 1781) defeated the British Army recovering the total control in Florida.(Image1)
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Sale No: 777
Lot No: 1423
Symbol: C
ESTADOS UNIDOS. 1840. NEW YORK to FRANCE. Entire letter, forwarding agent on reverse. FINE and RARE. (Image1)
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Sale No: 777
Lot No: 1424
Symbol: C
Cat No: 2
ESTADOS UNIDOS. 1847. ST. LOUIS to NEW YORK. Folded letter franked by a pair of 5 cents brown tied by St. Louis cds. Slight file fold. Sc.1 (2). (Image1)
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Sale No: 777
Lot No: 1425
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
ESTADOS UNIDOS. 1851. COLN (Prussia, Germany) to SAN FRANCISCO. Entire letter sent via Royal Mail Steam Packet West Indies, via Southampton, St. Thomas and Chagres (Panama). Delivered to the gold mines by Reynolds & Co. with 1$ express delivery fee (manuscript in front Collect 1,00). On reverse oval mark REYNOLDS AND CO. EXPRESS / SAN FRANCISCO / STOCKTON AND SONORA and NOT / PAID in blue. Some cover faults, but the markings are clear. EXTREMELY RARE cover from Germany to San Francisco, then by Reynolds and Co. to the gold mines. NOTE: Reynolds was a pioneering expressman in the southern mines. Beginning in January 1850 he connected with Todd and Bryan in Stockton and through them to San Francisco and with Adams and Co. to other parts of the U.S. and to Europe.Reynolds and Co. was dissolved in the fall of 1851, not long after this cover was delivered.(Image1)
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Sale No: 777
Lot No: 1427
Symbol: °
ESTADOS UNIDOS. 1856. 5 cents. brown. Large margins. Very fine. Cert. BEHR. Sc.12. (Image1)
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Sale No: 777
Lot No: 1428
Symbol: *
ESTADOS UNIDOS. 1893. Complete set, very fine presence, some stamps regummed. Sc.230/45. (Image1)
