1874, 3¢ Blue & Carmine, printing 1, rounded corner, tied by St. Thomas four-ring mute cancel, matching "St. Thomas 28/8 1877" cds on folded cover to merchant Wm. H. Heyliger on St. Croix, some typical erosion holes, F.-V.F., This letter was mailed just three days before St. Thomas joined the UPU. Facit No. 6. Scott No. 6  Estimate $150 - 200. $0 (Image)

1874, 3¢ Blue & Carmine, 1¢ single and 3¢ strip of three (pos. 51-53), tied by "St. Thomas 24/5 1892" circular datestamps on cover to Halifax, Nova Scotia at the 10¢ UPU rate, endorsed "pr Finance", printed "Bank of St. Thomas" corner card at lower left, New York Paid All (5.31) and Halifax (6.3) backstamps; Very Fine. Facit No. 5g + 6g. Scott No. 5 + 6  Estimate $400 - 600. $0 (Image)

1874, 3¢ Blue & Carmine, used with United States 1875, 5¢ blue (179), s.e. at right, on large part of folded cover, 3¢ tied by St. Thomas missing wedge five ring cancel with matching "St. Thomas 26/11 1875" cds at left, 5¢ tied by partial "N.York Steamship" cds; endorsed "p. 'Carondelet' ", Very Fine and colorful, ex-Arnould, Dubois. Facit No. 6. Scott No. 6 + U.S. #179  Estimate $1,500 - 2,000. ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED U.S. 5¢ D.W.I. BICOLOR COMBINATION FRANKINGS. A great rarity that would be valued at $10,000-15,000 as a full cover. This was posted a few days after the last U.S. Brazil Mail Steamship Co. sailing to New York. It was carried on the U.S. Steamship Carondelet via Puerto Rico to New York. The 3¢ bicolor stamp, printing I, paid the local D.W.I. charge and the U.S. 5¢ stamp pair the U.S. steamship charge. $0 (Image)