Sale No: 13
Lot No:194
Symbol:Cat No:820, 815, 810

United States; Used to Denmark: 1938 15c blue gray, 10c brown re, 5c bright blue each, tied by MINNEAPOLIS MINN SEP 18 1950 duplex on envelope with printed corner card for THE PHOTO MILL, 1511 Hennepin Ave., MINNEAPOLIS 3, MINN. and printed windmill labelled The PHOTO MILL, U.S. PATENT OFFICE NO. 331,751, printed in four lines THIRD CLASS MAIL: This parcel may be opened for Postal Inspection if necessary. RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED crossed out in pencil, manuscript Air Mail, magenta RETURNED FOR (15 in manuscript) CTS. ADDITIONAL POSTAGE. Fee is (15 in manuscript) cts. per half ounce also crossed out in pencil, printed at lower left Date with manuscript 9-15 and acknowledged. (Scott 820, 815, 810 )

The applicable airmail rate to Denmark was 15 cents per half-ounce. The envelope was originally placed in the mail with just the 5c and 10c stamps but because it weighed more than a half ounce (but less than an ounce) was returned to the sender for the additional 15c postage and then cancelled at the post office. With original enclosures.

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Sale No: 13
Lot No:195
Symbol:Cat No:812,C26

Used to Lundy Island:1938, 7¢ Jackson sepia and 8c olive green Air Post (small corner missing) tied by SAINT PETERSBURG FLA MAR 5, 1951 duplex on envelope plus Lundy Island 1/2 Puffin Air stamp, The US stamps pay 15c airmail route to Europe, forwarded from England to Lundy with orange ½ Puffin stamp overprinted BY AIR in black tied by boxed LUNDY AIR POST 19 MAR 1951 handstamp for airmail from England to Lundy, (SG and JK 897; 812,C26 )

Lundy Island is a fascinating story of a private Island that tried to operate independently. Felix W. Gade, the addressee, was "the post master".

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Sale No: 13
Lot No:196
Symbol:Cat No:810

Used to France: 1938, 5¢ Monroe, tied by NEW YORK, N.Y. OCT 17 1940 duplex with boxed NEW YORK WORLDS’ FAIR 1940 on envelope to Plouha, France, magenta two line RETURN TO SENDER SERVICE SUSPENDED, smaller purple three line RETOUR A L’ENVOYEUX RELATIONS POSTALES INTERROMPUES, censor tape at left reading EXAMINER 1113 and overlapping, on reverse OPENED BY. (Scott 810 )

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Sale No: 13
Lot No:197
Symbol:Cat No:832, 832

Used to France: 1928 $1 Wilson purple and black, PAIR, 50c Taft mauve, tied by mute ovals to portion of air mail package to Paris, France, magenta REGISTERED and blue 28646 handstamps, green customs label Form 2976 indicating contents were “Eye Glasses Personal Property of Addressee,” small blue and black label two-lined PAR AVION BY AIR MAIL FORM 2978, magenta FIRST CLASS handstamp, green manuscript License G.R.O. (Scott 832831 )

This is the chairman of Gulf Oil, Frank Drake, leaving his glasses in the office when he headed off for a business trip.

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Suggested Bid $150-250 (Image)

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Sale No: 13
Lot No:198
Symbol:Cat No:807, 875

Used to Germany Via Siberia: 1940's envelope bearing 1938 3c Jefferson light violet with 1940 2c rose carmine Dr. Crawford Long, tied by BLOOMFIELD, N.J. SEP 19, 1940 duplex cancel on envelope paying 5c international surface rate, manuscript via “Kamakura Maru” from San Francisco, circle handstamp Ab, on reverse German censor tape and red Berlin censor markings. (Scott 807, 875 )

Surface mail to Germany after August 29, 1940 was routed to Yokohama, Japan and then to Germany via the Trans-Siberian Railroad. Sender requested special routing. The Kamakura Maru, a Japanese ocean liner converted to a transport/hospital ship after the start of WWII, was sunk on April 28, 1943 by U.S. submarine Gudgeon (SS-212). With a loss of about 2500 passengers, heavy vehicles and ammunition, it was the largest Japanese troopship sunk in WWII. A significant usage worthy of a great exhibit collection.

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Suggested Bid $500-1,000 (Image)

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Sale No: 13
Lot No:199
Symbol:Cat No:830

Used to U. S. zone in Germany:1946 envelope bearing 1938, 30c Theodore Roosevelt deep ultra marine, tied by NEW YORK, N.Y. STA. P. SEP 6 1946 duplex on air mail envelope, well-struck circular magenta U.S. CIVIL CENSORSHIP GERMANY PASSED 40272 handstamp in center, large manuscript X written over the handstamp, red manuscript used to cross out visible portion of address, tape near bottom reading ZURUCK AN ABSENDER, tape at left edge overlapping on back reading on front OPENED BY and on reverse CEN. – CIVIL MAILS…MIL.CEN. (Scott 830 )

Letter was censored by U.S. Civil Censorship in Germany, the circular magenta civil censorship marking indicating “PASSED” was crossed out and a Civil Censorship provisional label reading RETURN TO SENDER” in German was attached. Very fine example of censorship markings in Germany after the end of the war.

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Sale No: 13
Lot No:200
Symbol:Cat No:830

Used to Italy:1942 envelope bearing, 1938, 30¢ deep ultramarine Theodore Roosevelt, tied by CLEVELAND, D.P.O. OHIO DEC 18 1941duplex on air mail envelope to Lucca, Italy, magenta two line RETURNED TO SENDER SERVICE SUSPENDED handstamp, label with printed blue RETURNED TO SENDER BY CENSOR, censor tape at left and overlapping on reverse EXAMINED BY 5488, on reverse NEW YORK, N.Y. JUN 9 1942 MORGAN ANNEX duplex. (Scott 830 )

A clean and attractive envelope and usage.

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Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)

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Sale No: 13
Lot No:201
Symbol:Cat No:810, 820

Used to Poland, hidden in Paris Post Office: 1939 letter bearing 1938 15c Buchanan blue gray and 1938 5c Monroe bright blue, tied by mute double oval on envelope, magenta boxed REGISTERED NO. and blue 684432 handstamps at upper left, label at right reads “POST OFFICE NEW YORK 1, N. Y. RETURNED TO SENDER. This article was held in France during the German occupation and has now been released by the French authorities. ALBERT GOLDMAN, Postmaster N.Y.P.O.—5-21-45---5000,” on reverse magenta NEW YORK, N.Y. (STA. U) AUG 26 1939 handstamp (struck twice), double oval NEW YORK, N.Y. REG’Y. DIV. 8-26 1939 handstamp, double oval NEW YORK, N.Y. FOREIGN 8-26-1939 handstamp, PARIS CHARGEMts-FRANCE 12-8-40 receiving mark, double oval NEW YORK REG’Y. DIV. 5-17-1945 handstamp, magenta NEW YORK, N.Y. STA. U MAY 29, 1945 handstamp. (Scott 810, 820 )

An amazing envelope sent to Poland via Paris at the 5c surface rate and the 15c registry fee (for no indemnity). Postmarked by the New York registry and foreign divisions on August 26, 1939 and backstamped in Paris Almost a year later. On June 14, 1940 the Germans invaded Paris and this was one of the more than 27,000 pieces of mail that was hidden from the Germans during the war. The envelope was returned to New York where the “RETURNED TO SENDER” label and the New York Registry Division handstamp was applied on May 17, 1945 and finally arrived back to New York Station U on May 29, 1945 to be returned to sender. Extremely desirable usage.

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Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)

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Sale No: 13
Lot No:202
Symbol:Cat No:804,807

Used to Poland via Tran-Siberian Railroad:1940 letter bearing 1938 1c Washington green (2 copies) and 1938 3c Jefferson light violet, tied by READING PA. AUG 28 1940 duplex on envelope to a professor in Warsaw, manuscript Via German Governed Poland, manuscript Received 12/31/40, red manuscript Retour Reading Pa. followed by 25/5-/2 in pencil, red manuscript line through Warsaw, small green and black multilingual label indicating addressee had left without leaving a forwarding address, on reverse German censor tape with printed purple Obercommando der Wehrmacht, three similar but larger purple handstamps, small purple boxed 285 (2x) and 272. (Scott 804807 )

On August 29, 1940, the day after this envelope was posted, a post office notice was published stating that mail for Poland and Germany would be routed via the west coast, Yokohama, Japan and the Trans-Siberian railway. Mail was sent by closed pouch and the envelope received no transit markings except for the German censor marking on the reverse. Addressee had left with no forwarding address and the mail was returned on the same route. The round trip took over 4 months. An outstanding 5c surface rate envelope.

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Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)

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Sale No: 13
Lot No:203
Symbol:Cat No:810, 820, U443

Used to Switzerland:1938 15¢ Buchanan blue grey and 5¢ Monroe bright blue one envelope using, 5¢ blue, die 1 used in 1941 bearing 1938 15c blue gray Buchanan and 1938, 5c bright blue, tied by mute ovals on 5c embossed envelope, magenta REGISTERED and blue 366399 handstamps, manuscript “no value,” censor tape at left with printed EXAMINED BY overlapping magenta AR in oval, on reverse censor tape printed small P.C. 90 and large OPENED BY, two magenta double circle NEW YORK, N.Y. (GRAND CENTRAL ANNEX.) REGISTERED JAN 27 1941 handstamps, two double oval NEW YORK, N.Y. 1-27 1941 handstamps, double circle ZURICH receiving mark red 7045 handstamp. (Scott 810, 820, U443 )

A very clean, very fine censored envelope to Switzerland paying the 5c international surface rate, the 15c minimum registry fee and the 5c return receipt fee.

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Sale No: 13
Lot No:204
Symbol:Cat No:832,815

Used to Switzerland: 1940 cover bearing 1938 $1 Wiilson purple and black, and 10c Tyler brown red, tied by mute ovals on envelope, typewritten “Par Avion – By Airmail Trans-Atlantic Route, By U.S. CLIPPER REGISTERED RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED,” magenta REGISTERED and blue 461793 handstamps, A.R. in oval handstamp, magenta AIR MAIL handstamp, blue “Par Avion By Air Mail FORM 2978 label, overlapping censor tape at left OPENED BY EXAMINER 5595, double oval NEW YORK, N.Y. RE3G’Y DIV. 9-30 1940 handstamp, double oval NEW YORK, N.Y. FOREIGN 10-1 1940 handstamp, three red sender’s handstamps showing partial name and address under brown tape, AROSA BAHNHOF 9.X.40 receiving mark (Scott 832815 )

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Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)

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